Scotty - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

We said goodbye to you in the rain

To your reflection in a puddle of mud

The same afternoon

As another friend’s funeral a hundred miles away

And seven hours from home

And it hurts but I know

I wasn’t really expected to go

But I know if we had

Maybe you might’ve made it through

I’m on another overnight drive

With five more hours to go

It seems like we barely survived

Don’t know quite what to expect tomorrow

Because last night on the phone

We decided to move north together

So you could get the scene change that you need

And I could drown myself in the Willamette River

White knuckles on the steering wheel

Coughing up black smoke on an I-5 hill

And I’m begging under my breath

Please don’t break down again

I’m in a stuffy too-small dorm room

You’re getting drunk in your garage alone

Try not to think about the miles between us

While we yell at each other on the phone

‘Cause I know in the end

It makes more sense to hate each other as friends

Yeah, I know in the end

It makes more sense to hate each other as friends

Engine shuddering under my feet

Grinding and coming apart somewhere on 80 East

And I’m whispering through clenched teeth

Please don’t break down again

Do I miss you? Does it matter?

Well don’t you flatter yourself

Because there’s a hole in my heart and a weight on my chest

Like a four car collision on the interstate at 65 miles an hour