Nothing’s Ever Fine

Morning

(instrumental)

Nightmare Machine

nightmare machine starting

first thing in the morning

variations on a theme

merging the worst parts of real life and of dreams

nightmare machine fires up

first thing when I wake up

so many things that could go wrong

one of 'em's bound to happen before too long

i drive the car off of the bridge

i see the simulation glitch

an airplane drops out of the sky

anything can happen, don't need a reason why

sometimes I look at the moon

i think it’s screaming

some nights when I look at the moon

it looks like it's weeping

and there're days I think I'm dreaming

when I’m awakе

nightmare machine

i'm a nightmare machinе

nightmare machine

i'm a nightmare machine

The Last Summer

neon signs, flashing by me and a

cherry coke and crumpled bag of french fries lying

on the passenger seat

where you used to be

one hand out the window watching

light play across the hood of my car from the

streetlights passing by

end of another night

riding around with your best friends

doing the same thing every weekend

so this is what it's really like to feel alive

playing CDs on the stereo

flipping through stations on the radio

another saturday night and we're doing all right

driving south, past the AU campus

american graffiti ain't got nothin' on us

in a honda accord

driving not to be bored

2 AM by the monumеnt and

no one's around but everything's still brightly lit up

wе're staring up at lincoln

in downtown washington

i'm feeling so alive

with my heart open wide

the whole world seems all right

laughing friends and neon signs

cherry coke and french fries

see you on the other side

these are the nights i will remember

i'll hold onto them forever

cruisin' around with nowhere specific in mind

yeah, this is how i will remember

the last summer together

another saturday night and we're doing just fine

Beach Days (Alive Again)

it's hot

finally summer and we're

coming alive again

spent the winter

getting paler and we've

got vampire skin

but now the sun's out

we're feeling better about

what the days ahead bring

they're lasting longer

stopped getting dark before five

it's time to see the ocean

so grab your towel

get in the car

we're headed out to Rockaway

it isn't far

sun shines

waves crash

think this might last forever

when wе get there

takе our shoes off

and dig our toes in the sand

stay 'til sunset

and watch the tide roll out

receding from the land

by the ocean

is where I wanna be

when this all comes to an end

crack a cold one

and watch tsunamis come

surrounded by my friends

i can feel happy on beach days

there's always something to get in the way

of overthinking everything

only have to worry about the riptide

only have to worry 'bout the undertow

when you're going out swimming

when I can feel the sun on my skin

when I can taste the salt on my tongue

it feels like nothing can go wrong

tomorrow we go back to real life

so just enjoy the beach tonight

i'm glad y'all came along

Solar Flares

i feel the weather change

gets hotter every day

feels like, sun's fixin' to kill us

sunspots duplicate

solar flares on their way

some day, magnetic annihilation

society cannot stay

not with things going this way

we'll run to find somewhere to survive

through rocks and ash

houses fading at our backs

onward to something new

the lights fade

and the grid fails

the phones are down

no water to be found

we'll strike out on our own

tying to find a new home

if there's one to be found

unknown homeward bound

but it's a long way to go

it's a long way to go

so close your eyеs

and find a way back home

it's a long way to go

off to parts unknown

so close your eyеs

and find your way back home

Post Meridian

(instrumental)

Stuck

i feel heavier than i used to

feels like gravity is getting stronger

something's pushing down on my shoulders

trying to flatten me out, leave me on the ground

dreamt of standing in line last night

just queuing up in an unending line

woke up feeling i'm still waiting

for what I don't know, but the feeling grows

i feel heavier than i used to

like my feet are stuck in the thickest mud

trying to pull myself free from it

starting to feel that's a sisyphean task

i've got to, i've gotta gotta get out

From the Van

i don't think i hate this city the way that i used to

spending too much time away anyway

but i miss my friends a lot

it's a struggle just to keep in touch

out on the road

from the van

i hope we can

i think i'm getting used to this

keeping in touch with texts and pictures

when i've been gone for half a year

and you're still here

am i still here?

am i still real?

i've been gone away so long

sometimes it doesn't feel like i have a home anymore

just another place i'm stopping by

just another place where i can say hi

to the peoplе that i rarely see

the peoplе i hope still know me

the people that i love

the people i'm always thinking of

as the highway slides by underneath

and the sky stretches out unendingly

and the mountains creep up slowly

and the fields just look so lonely

and i think

i can't spend another hour in this car

i've no idea how we got this far

and all i wish all i want

is to be on another planet with you

Bad Brain Daze

there's a fog on the horizon

i can't see it but ifeel it comin' on

drops like a bomb

when i try to think now

it's like there's so many thoughts

i can't even pull one out

just one big cloud

another bad brain day

will i be okay?

trying not to dwell too much

and just get along with the day

another bad brain day

i can't seem to shake

the feeling it'll always be this way

i'll never be okay

when i try to breathe now

it's like my lungs are full of something i can't get out

breath comes shallow

when i try to sleep now

i think of every stupid thing i've ever done or said

they fill my head

anothеr bad brain day

will i be okay?

trying not to dwell too much

and just get along with thе day

another bad brain day

i can't seem to shake

the feeling it'll always be this way

i'll never be okay

another bad brain day

will i be okay?

trying not to dwell too much

and just get along with the day

another bad brain day

i can't seem to shake

the feeling it'll always be this way

i'll never be okay

another bad brain day