You asked if I was alone

I asked you, "In what sense?"

You rolled your eyes in defense

I said "Darling, we're all just embers burning out into the ground,"

Then you frowned

You cut me off in the middle of my mind (uh-huh)

Where I was trying to be some kind of man you'd read on pages deep in Hemingway

But you walked away

But even when I tried to tell you I feel foolish, my words are useless

I would like to change your mind just like the movies, you move right through me, yeah

I don't mind

I don't mind

And with the sip of a drink I felt it fall away

I could feel it, the air, I could feel the ground just move out, walls and windows, everyone is watching

And for a moment the strength was in the palm of my hand

I could change the feel, I could change the feel of everything you ever wanted now

Just give me a chance baby but

Even when I try to tell you I feel foolish, my words are useless

Even when we come together in your eyes I think I see God

I don't mind

I don't mind

In a blink we're on the pavement

Elementary education

I could write a cleaner proper — yes —

Say the things I could never offer

I'm just a boy who wants to be

I'm just a boy who wants to be someone

I don't mind