Bend

Sky dancers and Lisa Frank

Never worried bout what’s in the bank

We just came home when the streetlights crackled on

Drink straight from the hose outside

Someone’s counting go run and hide

You can drop your bike in the next door neighbor’s lawn

When did it slip away

Why did the magic fade

These days they’re all flowing together

Not knowing whether they end

Time drags us on kicking and screaming

Chipping at our dreaming, whether we break or bend

Pack your lunch with a trade in mind

Echo’s holding your place in line

There’s a piece of folded paper that knows your fate

Teachers throwing “potential” around

Got your pretty little head in the clouds

You’re not wringing your hands about your weight

When did the pressure build

Why did it break your will

These days they’re all flowing together

Not knowing whether they end

Time drags us on kicking and screaming

Chipping at our dreaming, whether we break or bend

Analysis paralysis 

Promising your abstinence

Is finally fitting in worth going to hell 

Mapping out your four year plan

Pad your transcripts if you can

Mitochondria’s the power house of the cell

College is your ticket out

Unless you wanna mill about

This one horse town without a claim to fame

The prom queen’s got a baby now

People shake their heads at how

She just took the football captains name

These days they’re all flowing together

Not knowing whether they end

Time drags us on kicking and screaming

Chipping at our dreaming, whether we break or bend