Would it have made as much of an impact if it hadn't happened then?

Trouble is influenced, the kind of strain that context makes

The empty seat with broken seat belts

The longest bus ride home

Always the last one off

It didn't matter

It was three months off

And two weeks gone

Took the bed next to the window

(moving out)

When dad put in the air conditioner

We wondered as we lied awake

We wondered how it stayed in place

Without falling into the back yard

The pool, a substitute shower

I already had a plan planned

Have you ever heard of a lightning whelk?

It's a monster that absorbs lightning and

Stores the energy in its shell

So whatever you do, don't attack the shell

Weight capacity

Waiting for a turn

Watching for mistakes

Alone in the cold when everyone was outside

"I don't miss my span of attention"

And the sunscreen never worked

And putting on a shirt

Just made it worse

Tried to convince ourselves that this year would bring change

(an awkward stance)

Somehow never speak again

We fooled ourselves

It's alright

I want you to know everything's fine

You tried to say

I gave little back and tried to say

As little as I could say

Wait to show up late

And stand in the back

Trusting in some climax to give it closure but it was

Much quieter than we had thought it was really gonna be

Spent half a year in California

(take it back)

Let nothing follow us from home

The weather never changed a day we stayed there

(stay the same)

Except for the two days it rained in November

It was like time was stuck or standing still

And our surprise, we find

That all of this would still commit

That what we threw against the wall

That it would really stick