You lit me up like a firework

Stuck myself inside of a can

Like a man, thought I was a martyr

We were standing lakeside

Bathed in the red of CVS lights

I'm sure that someone's got a photo of us on that night

Under fireworks

Stuck myself inside of a can

What a man, thought I was a martyr

We were learning lip slides

Late into those August nights

Sweat and Jackie's on our brow

A sweetness not yet soured

By the orange glow

The things it had to know

The rent that we now owe

And an insatiable need to be

Wherever, whenever

You had me up on the wirework

Stuffed myself up with "I can's"

And the grandstand all chanted, "Higher"

Yeah, it all went slipping from my grasp

Our matching caskets smashed

Star 51 unfastened from a ragged flag

Under fireworks

Stuck myself inside of a can

Like a man, thought I was a martyr

Red letter days at stateside homes

I'll say it even if you won't

When we're out having drinks

We're playing hide-and-go-seek with ourselves

I'm just trying to be

Whatever it means

To be freer

Under an orange glow

Sweet autumn only knows Chicago

Like rents un-payable

And your fist through the wall

And the insatiable need to be

Under the heavy glow

Of things it had to know

The rent that we now owe

And the insatiable need to be

Wherever, whenever

An insatiable need to be