Well you say that all the time

We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp 

on the 4th of July

we sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers and watched the fire works explode in the sky

and there was an exodus of birds from the trees

but they didn't know, we were only pretending. 

and the people all looked up and were pleased

while the birds flew around like the whole world was ending. 

and I don't think that war is noble 

and I don't like to think that love is like war

and I got a big hot cherry bomb and I want to slip it through the mail slot

of your front door

don't leave me here

i've got your back 

now you better have mine 

cause you say the coast is clear 

well you say that all the time. 

so many sheep i quit counting

sleepless and embarrassed about the way that I feel

trying to make molehills out of mountains 

building base camp at the bottom of a really big deal

and did I tell you how I stopped eating 

when you stopped calling me

and I was cramped up shitting river for weeks

trying to pretend i was finally free. 

don't leave me here

now that your back

 you better stay right here

cause you say the coast is clear 

well you say that all the time. 

we drove the car to the top of the parking lot 

on the 4th of July 

and I planted my dusty boots on the bumper and sat out on the hood 

and looked up at the sky. 

YOUTUBE