The Freshmen

When I was young, I knew everything And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin', with my head on the floor Stoppin' baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, now Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touchin' her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin', with his head on the floor Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says "Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touchin' her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place" For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Hey-yeah Hey-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We tried to wash our hands of all of this We never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt-stricken, sobbin', with our heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say "Can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touchin' her face And I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place" For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen For the life of me, I cannot remember What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise For the life of me, I cannot believe We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen We were merely freshmen We were only freshmen