Cardboard

Am I running or am I bored?

Constant motion’s got me feeling kind of torn

White picket fences and polaroid lenses

And all the endless things inside your drawers

You’ll be happy and I’ll have cardboard

Another night spent on my own (Another night spent on my own)

Whole new city’s got me reaching for my phone

Another vacation, a new education

But never any markings on the walls

You’ll be happy and I’ll have cardboard

And so I pity myself

'Cause I'm watching you alone on the balcony

And no, I don't need your help

But tonight I’m caught up in our obscurities

All the birthdays I missed

Graduations I ditched so I could chase a dream

For what could have been

But I’m on standby

Seasons change just like my home

You give the roses to prick my finger on the thorns

Where have I gone, gone, gone?

'Cause I'll have cardboard

And so I pity myself

'Cause I'm watching you alone on the balcony

And no, I don't need your help

But tonight I’m caught up in our obscurities

All the birthdays I missed

Graduations I ditched so I could chase a dream

For what could have been

But I’m on standby

Tonight I’m gonna raise a glass to us

For how we both are never good enough

I hope some day we’ll be the best of us

So best of luck

And so I pity myself

'Cause I'm watching you alone on the balcony

And no, I don't need your help

But tonight I’m caught up in our obscurities

All the birthdays I missed

Graduations I ditched so I could chase a dream

For what could have been

But I’m on standby