Foes

He said grandmas they’re like dogs

You love them and you need them then they’re gone

And these feelings they ain’t your friends

Because you don’t get to decide whether, or not you feel them

But I choose love, unabashedly and desperately choose love

And when all is said and done, I’ll leave this world with everything I need

Chorus

He said

I wanna live like a peasant, be adored just like a King

Then go to bed believing they’re the same damn thing

I’ll know just where I’m going when I get there, I suppose

I’d trade all of my victories just to have a few less foes

He said lovers, they come and go. And they write their names in blood across your soul

And they’ll take you for a ride. And you’ll know the ride is through when they rip out your insides

But I choose love, unabashedly and desperately choose love

And when all is said and done, I’ll leave this world with everything I need

Chorus

I never saw him again

But my future began to hang on every word that he said

His voice stumbled around in the hallways of my head when he said

“boy if you ain’t alive, you’re dead!” You’re dead!

Chorus

Know Better

Well, I was young, dumb, and full of coconut rum

Breath smelling like suntan oil in the red, hot sun

Mistakes were coming faster than I could regret ‘em

So I just let ‘em come

If I didn’t know better I’d say hindsight’s crystal clear

If I didn’t know better I might rather be there than here

If I didn’t know better I’d say those skies were all permanent blue

If I didn’t know better, but I do

They say that youth is wasted on the young

I wasted my time looking for lovers instead of love

And the girls were leaving me faster than I could regret ‘em

So I just let ‘em go

If I didn’t know better I’d just live on these memories

If I didn’t know better they would be enough for me

If I didn’t know better lies we tell ourselves would be true

If I didn’t know better but I do

I do accept the fate that I’ve been handed, and I do appreciate the wisdom I’ve gained

And I do believe the life we lead is a product of the past we leave behind us

If I didn’t know better I’d say we got plenty of time

If I didn’t know better we’d turn that hourglass on its side

If I didn’t know better this would be easy to do

If I didn’t know better but see, I do

Red Flags

You say “liquor on your breath” like it’s a bad thing.

And you say “out all night” like it’s wrong.

Now it’s too late for regrettin’

You should have known what you were gettin’

When you found me used and bought me for a song.

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You can’t say I didn’t warn you. You can’t tell me there were no red flags.

You can’t say that you never saw yourself saying’ “baby pack your bags!”

There’s no way you could have not known I would tear your little world apart

You can’t say that you never saw this all ending in a broken heart.

You say that everyone in town’s is talking.

You say that my little secret’s out.

Well, it’s too late for regretting’

You should have known what you were gettin’

Back when she didn’t know you and I were running ‘round

Chorus

You’d say “liquor on your breath” like it’s a bad thing

And you’d say “out all night” like it’s wrong!

I can’t say you didn’t warn me. I can’t tell you there were no red flags.

I can’t say that I never saw you saying’ “baby, pack your bags!”

There’s no way I could have not known you would tear my little world apart

We can’t say that we never saw this all ending in a broken heart.

A broken heart

Running With These Devils

It’s all over again, it’s all over again, every time I turn around, it’s all over again.

Déjà vu. Guess it happens more to me than it happens to you. Déjà vu.

Days gone by. Yeah, they go by just like minutes

You don’t realize while you’re in it

That you wasted most of a year. Days gone by.

We were all alone couldn’t change the record we could only pass the time.

On our way back home running with the Devil to the Cattaragus line.

Broke down shit

Now the boys are laughing about the guy that told us to pay the ship

Broke down shit

Sell my soul for an outside chance that maybe

The whole world or my ex old lady

Might stream that soul for free. Sell my soul.

We were all alone couldn’t change the record we could only sing along

On our way back home when you’re running with these devils you’ll never run alone.

All over again, all over again, every time I turn around it’s all over again.