Lose-Lose Days

Smiling through the lose-lose days of confusion

You picked me right off the ground

Then dust me off as we dance on nonchalantly

I'm realizing the answer I’ve already found

Never-ending days wore on

I was aimless, and yet focused

The oxy-est of morons, I know

Stuck deep composing ghost hits

Fist to the desk, then next the sky

Well aware of the dangerous heights and falls

Back then, trusted nobody at all

I was all bark no bite

Fighting with God

When it got dark at night

The hours got long

Outta nowhere, now at my side

Standing 5 strong

Back then, we saw nothing wrong

Lost

The dreams we had gathered here to find

Turned into the blind leading the blind

Today it hurt again

We bandaged bruises

Who gives a damn if they’re right?

Smiling through the lose-lose days of confusion

I was well on my way

To diving, all alone, thinking: Damn, I’ve grown up

To rolling eyes and deciding to stay

Trusting, choosing allies wasn’t my style

‘Till you picked me right up off the ground

Then dust me off as we dance on nonchalantly

I'm realizing the answer I’ve found

If I got you, I just might stick around

Got in a fight with myself again

And I lashed out, no surprise

Try as I might, look a saint can’t sin

At least in everyone’s eyes

Broken pieces, my life

Now a puzzle on a dusty floor

And right on time

When I feel that I can’t get by

I get’cha knock on my door

Ya’ll say: It ain’t all bad

Talk me down slow

Cheer up and take my hand

Find somewhere to go

We laugh and chat away

Nothing remains

That little cloud from today

Might ask: Why?

Cause somehow I'm still not satisfied

I swallow this helpless, selfish pride

Still not backing down

'cause this is our town

No, I ain’t frowning for you!

Smiling through the lose-lose type disillusions

I was well on my way

To diving, all alone, thinking: Damn, I miss home

To rolling eyes and deciding to stay

Trusting, choosing allies wasn’t my style

‘Till you picked me right up off the ground

Then dust me off as we dance on nonchalantly

Right through this rowdy and crowded downtown

If I got you, I just might stick around

Permanent markers run

White colored pencils don’t leave impressions

We took this canvas

We painted landscapes

All in our own shade of truth

Time and time again I can prove

That I'm smiling through the lose-lose days of confusion

Sure, I was well on my way

To diving, all alone, thinking: Damn, I’ve grown up

To rolling eyes and deciding to stay

Trusting, choosing allies wasn’t my style

‘Till you picked me right up off the ground

Then dust me off as we dance on nonchalantly

I'm realizing the answer I’ve found

I'm gonna smile and make you guys proud