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lyrics

Hey man…take a look around
The world is burning down
And you’re a fixture on the couch.
Can you feign a fuck or sound?

There’s numbness in your eyes
And a dullness in your spine
Something, somewhere inside you died
Too long ago to tell
When I asked if you were well
You said…

I’ve never really felt American,
ice cream, apple pie
Writing lyrics on her thighs
A song you’ve heard a million times
But you never recognize yourself in it

Did you finally find your place in the Black Parade?
Did you pierce right thru the crowd,
Rehearsed hellos for Gerard Way?
Did you share how you arrived?
With an unironic pride?

How you closed your eyes,
Heavy traffic on the turnpike


And did you finally feel American?
Ice cream, apple pie
Writing lyrics on her thighs
A song you’ve heard a million times
But you never recognize yourself in it


My, my this American lie
Stole the Chevy,
Drove it right into the lake off of Lakeview Drive
My, my this American lie
Find my body at the bottom of the lake off of Lakeview Drive


My, my what does it take to feel alive?
Stealing cars, starting fights?
You find new fears to hide behind
Then she cries, did you make Gardenia cry?
A broken siren in the night on the side of Lakeview Drive


So Drive! Tonight I’m gonna feel ALIVE
Stealing cars and starting fights
Stealing cars and starting fights
Then she cries, did you make Gardenia cry?
In broken English, once or twice…
Now, it happens all the time.


When you’ve never really felt,
American, like ice cream, apple pie
Writing lyrics on her thighs
A song you’ve heard a million times
But you never recognize yourself in it

Today the TV brought, Americans
With their hands up in the sky
Watching eager bullets fly
A story heard a million times
But we never recognize ourselves in it

I want that field of light
And the radio at night
To hear Delilah speaking of
Making love
Under apocalyptic skies

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from the week you ran away, released December 1, 2022

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hanny, joey, cyle (& sometimes dana)

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