Social Proof

I can see it’s going nowhere

A hopeless case full of mistakes and tender warfare

In a town where longing lingers

They will count the times you fall on broken fingers

Curing care with penicillin

Meant to regulate the way you hold your children

Loving only when it looks good

God forbid you ever step outside of girlhood

God forbid you ever know the heart that needs you

Or bring comfort to the hand that feeds you

All the promises came to nothing

You went back on your word, but I’ll tell you something

I’ll be gone when you call again

You’re gonna wake up alone in a world of shame

You’re gonna wake up alone in a world of shame

I can hear the shallow breathing

From the battered corpse of kindness as you’re leaving

In the lanes where youth eroded

We compose the sacred songs while fully loaded

God forbid you ever show an honest feeling

Push your head above your father’s ceiling

All the promises came to nothing

You went back on your word, but I’ll tell you something

I’ll be gone when you call again

You’re gonna wake up alone in a world of shame

(Repeat)