Flannel (Spoken Word)

You said that I should get a clue

Well I did, I did, I did, I did

And it was to rid my heart of you

So I did, I did, I did, I did

Exactly what you said I should do

I played the sleuth and I found a clue

And I still can't stop thinking about you

That standard procedure

You know, you know, you know me

So fuck with my heart at your leisure

That's how it goes, it's been going lately

Said I was the best simultaneously the worst

And best case scenario, I should be cursed

For the rest of my life, for the rest of my life

Well, I feel like I am cause I will never have you by my side

So stay warm in that flannel

That I left on your bed

There was no way in hell I could put it on after that

Cause we were both soaking wet

And I apologize if from time to time

This makes you think of me

Just imagine seeing that stupid shirt

Every time you fucking breathe

That's how it feels to be me

Your heart has proven to be more of a maze

Than construction season in the heritage hill one ways

From someone who is not from grand rapids on their very first days

But me, I paid attention on my late night skates

And when I was driving around in my van

And now my best friend who has lived here his whole life

Said I know the city better than him

He said: Ty, its like the back of your hand

I said: Alek I’d trade it in a heartbeat for the backbone of a man

I had to change my way home from work because I couldn’t even stand

To drive by her and see her on her front lawn, bikini on, getting a tan

Here’s the thing, I don’t need fountain or union street

For anything except martha’s vineyard or the bakery

I’ll take the back of the michigan hill down, eastern around

And follow lyon all the way there because this is what I have found

Life may or may not be about finding true love

But it is certainly not about begging for it from someone

I’ll keep doing the things that I do, late nights, fat blunts, pizza pies with my crew

Driving home from whatever bar is half-off after two

While blasting my favorite tunes, and seeing my favorite local bands

At whatever venue

While you keep doing the things that you do

Like shifting blame, twisting truth

And making absolutely positively certain that everyone in the room

Knows the victim just had to be you

I'll keep doing the things that I do

And I'll find someone who wants me like I wanted you

So sing along at a show this weekend

Act a fool, get drunk with these friends, that you love

Someone somewhere said all good things end

So what in my mind made me think this time would be different