[Intro]

Man, tell what's the time

'Cause I'm not feeling fine

I can't recall who we're supposed to be

She closed her eyes and cried

A seven minute drive

Was dealt a shitty hand until the day she died

And as I slip away

There's little left to say

And nothing here keeps the thoughts away

Now I am on the ground

I'm gasping for the air to free me

From the weight I'm bound

[Verse 1]

Fear and it surrounds me

Oh, I try my best to tell myself

I know what I'll be

Whoa-oh oh

Whoa-oh oh

I can't believe I did that

Was it really me or am I just a fading man?

Whoa-oh oh

A fading man

Lying on the bathroom floor

Will someone please just tell me what we're fighting for?

Whoa-oh oh

Whoa-oh oh

Screaming in the back seat

Oh, we're nodding heads, you're searching for the

Backbeat

Whoa-oh oh

The backbeat

[Chorus]

Never doing what we're told

I can't wait for growing old

Listen up, it takes some time

Pretending to stabilize

My days get sent away

In a little gray pen charged up today

And I can't keep these thoughts away

So hide me in the backroom

Swimming with the sine waves

[Verse 2]

Stuck up on the high shelf

Oh, she has to take a break to discover herself

Whoa-oh oh

Discover yourself

You all stare right through me

Oh, you won the war but hate your own hypocrisy

Whoa-oh oh

Your hypocrisy

[Chorus]

Never doing what we're told

I can't wait for growing old

Listen up, it takes some time

Pretending to stabilize

Never doing what we're told

I can't wait for growing old

Listen up, it takes some time

Pretending to stabilize

My days get sent away

In a little gray pen charged up today

And I can't keep these thoughts away

So hide me in the backroom

Swimming with the sine waves

My days get sent away

In a little gray pen charged up today

And I can't keep these thoughts away

So hide me in the backroom

Swimming with the sine waves

[Bridge]

Everything is lended

Living life pretending

Absent minds are vacant

We can try to fake it

I can't take back from what I bought

I can't go back, it's you I've lost

I can't slow down, I can't see clear

I can't look back, is it fate or fear?

I can't take back from what I bought

I can't go back, it's you I've lost

I can't slow down, I can't see clear

I can't look back, is it fate or fear?

I can't take back from what I bought

I can't go back, it's you I've lost

I can't slow down, I can't see clear

I can't look back, is it fate or fear?

I can't take back from what I bought

I can't go back, it's you I've lost

I can't slow down, I can't see clear

I can't look back, is it fate or fear?

[Chorus]

My days get sent away

In a little gray pen charged up today

And I can't keep these thoughts away

So hide me in the backroom

Swimming with the sine waves

My days get sent away

In a little gray pen charged up today

And I can't keep these thoughts away

So hide me in the backroom

Swimming with the sine waves

[Outro]

(My days get sent away)

Everything is lended

(In a little gray pen charged up today)

Living life pretending

(And I can't keep these thoughts away)

Absent minds are vacant

(So hide me in the backroom)

We can try to fake it

(Swimming with the sine waves)

My days get sent away

(Everything is lended)

In a little gray pen charged up today

(Living life pretending)

And I can't keep these thoughts away

(Absent minds are vacant)

So hide me in the backroom

(We can try to fake it)

Swimming with the sine waves