[Verse 1]

Come pick me up, I'll pay for gas

There's nowhere that I want to be

And you'll drive fast and I won't ask

To pick the music or the street

And we can talk about whatever

And pretend that we won't tell

Even pretending to ourselves

You think it's easy where it's darker

And I like to feel my heart

Speed up with my eyes shut

And feel we're doing something we should not

So for a time, I spend my life

Just trying to find out when to stop

Just trying to guess when we'll get caught

[Chorus]

This place is suffocating

I'll still be here in 5 years

Like I promise I won't

Through the wind in your ears

But nothing feels as urgent

And these nights are still important

And there's still a lot I haven't put into words yet

[Verse 2]

Every time I feel alive

It will feel just like this

I'll get the things you did

Forget the boy I kissed by the hangar

And you'll both be strangers to me

Tonight it matters

How I'm not a person who you want to see

'Cause I like to talk about the hospital

And go when I don't need it

Just to show the world I feel it

I only ever did it once

And it was selfish, it was dumb

But I can't bring myself to

[Bridge]

Hate me for wanting a break

I'll still be here in 5 years

Where I made every mistake

Sixteen trying to disappear

For one week and a half

You know it's all an act

'Cause there's still a lot I haven't put into words yet

[Chorus]

This place is suffocating

I'll still be here in 5 years

Like I promise I won't

Through the wind in your ears

But nothing feels as urgent

And these nights are still important

And there's still a lot I haven't put into words yet