Even More Forever

Are you awake yet?

'Cause if there's a part of you that's working

There's a part of you that hasn't sobered up

In someone's living room

I've only heard the coffee maker

Someone's car starting out there on the lawn

We haven't seen the sunrise in twenty seven years

We've been waiting; cornered, like we're animals

In abandoned living rooms

We don't know what we can have

And what is saved for someone else who has a key

Are you asleep yet?

You can tell my ears aren't burning all the quiet names made up to make us laugh

Find us an apartment with enough outlets for all of us

Where we won't wake up your kid or pets or dad

This isn't eating

We count dollar menu hunger as something that isn't cold that we can eat

We aren't broke yet

But have to find a space between our bodies

Find our minds and walk in off the street

We're building our own caskets while our homes fall apart

Tires tracking on your back

Can't go home long enough

Can I come home yet?

The jokes are only jokes, and every liar wants his own set of new eyes

Can I just leave again?

I kept my promises and all I did was read about the end of it on the news