Story Behind The Song

Life, Lessons

Song Description

Song about how we as perople ar not that different from one another, sharing similar pasts and futures, and the will to survive.

Lyrics

When the morning comes on like a cold sweat
And the bedbugs have bit you this time
And it's raining or something
or maybe you're late for appointments
or everythings fine

When the garden has grown to be fearsom
And the streets have claimed ownership rights
When the guest room holds everything you've ever owned
Cause you want nothing left of that life

When you smile at your face in the mirror
And you think no one gets past your lies
When theres miles of interstate between you and home
and the gaslight is blinding your eyes

When you're heavens have opened your sunroof
And your darling has said her goodbyes
And it all is a relative hell on your hopes
Like finding the cracker jack prize

I know it's not easy staying sober when problems arise

You and I, we're from the same generation
You and I, we ought to be mental patients
You and I, we may go out tonight to find nothing for us at all
But laying and waiting will only assure us to fall

When the weddings have fogged up your Easter
Or you're lonely on Valentines Day
When your mood has imbued a rough hewn attitude
On the way you bow down when you pray

When the second hand ticks like it's nothing
And your will is just wasting away
When you're losing your shoes or your shirt
Or the news makes you hurt cause the anchors get paid

When you're laid in your bed like a coffin
And you're watching the scenery change
And you're thinking of quitting the way that you're living
Just cause you want to be brave

When the dice are obscuring your rear view
And your phone rings your head like Target
And all schooling seems useless cause useless abuses are all that the world sends your way

I know how your feeling that's the best I can do anyway

You and I, we're from the same generation
You and I, we ought to be mental patients
You and I, we may go out tonight to find nothing for us at all
But laying and waiting will only assure us to fall

When you've got nothing left in your icebox
And your money is all you can save
When you've dropped all your friends or your family
Cause you're afraid to be loved in that way

Just know you're not different, we were all born a little derranged

You and I, we're from the same generation
You and I, we oughta be mental patients
You and I, we may go out tonight to find nothing for us at all
But laying and waiting will only assure us to fall