Old Friends Lyrics

Walking outside labyrinthian

Over cracks along under the trees

I know this town grounded in a compass

Cardinal landing in the dogwood



I keep going over it over and over

My steps iterate my shame

How come every outcome's such a comedown?

Lately afternoon with the shades drawn down



I kept saying I just wanted to see you

Saying, "What's wrong with that?"

Needles shaking outlines in a compass

Every outcome's such a comedown



[Chorus 1]

I knew it when I saw it

So I did just what I wanted

So I go through with this

I knew happiness when I saw it



I saw your boyfriend at the port authority

That's a sort of fucked up place

Well so I averted my stride on a quick one

He's coming back from going over to your place, huh?



I feel like I could forget about it

I feel like I could mellow out

I don't feel undone in a big way

There's nothing really bad to be upset about



But when I thought I was getting better

I woke up on the ground

An appointment or disappointment

A setback, oh, another comedown



[Chorus 2]

As if I needed a reminder

Oh, I do only what I want to

So I go through with this



Walking out in the nighttime springtime

Needling my way home

I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago

I saw some old friends at her funeral



My steps keep splitting my grief

Through these solipsistic moods

I should call my parents when I think of them

Should tell my friends when I love them



Maybe I should have gone out a bit more

When you guys were still in town

I got too caught up in my own shit

It's how every outcome's such a comedown



[Chorus 3]

And I knew it when I saw it

Oh, I did just what I wanted

So I go through with this

I knew happiness when I saw it