Rivers Cuomo - Intellectual

[Spoken Intro]

That sounded so awful (so awful, so awful)

(Verse 1)

I am a loathsome person, trapped in this lonesome world

My mind is hazy. I’m not lazy, I just have no purpose

I’m like a filthy carpet waiting to be unfurled

Used to be needed, role depleted, now I’m just a burden

It’s like we’re strangers now, but we used to be best friends

It’s all the same. You had your game, but I’m an awful player

Did everything I could to attempt to make amends

But then you left, now I’m bereft, I feel like such a failure

(Pre-Chorus 1)

I’ve spent my whole life chasing fallacies

Every moment is a different reality

Guaranteed, you’ve not seen the last of me

Rivers Cuomo

(Chorus)

When peace is violent, we will all face our fears

As we attempt to fill in all this empty space

My screams are silent when they enter your ears

Because I know you never cared in the first place

Shine like a diamond, see your face in your tears

Then we’ll sit together and watch the world erase

Changing the climate of the next couple years

Will do nothing but put us all at an arms race

(Verse 2)

Wish I could leave this place, I

Can’t look to you for help

My head’s an empty space, I’d

Like to be someone else

But there’s a shard in my heart

I reached the end at the start

My life is falling apart

(Pre-Chorus 2)