Ideal

Made a lot of enemies but more friends
 Just trying to figure out whats important
 I know that family is gold when it all ends
 The city's broke down like an old engine
 A silhouetted sky above an ocean
 A Justin Roberts painting that I float in
 I step into the water and it feels real
 It ain't ideal but I deal
 Take the van down to Tennessee in August
 Just another fucker on a long list
 Who don't want to spend his life behind a damn desk
 Sick of the authority and nonsense
 I don't wana live life like it's over
 The city gets colder and colder
 The neighborhood's rough so I hold steel
 It ain't ideal but I deal
 Been a hard days night on the east side
 Gimme good green and some erie vibes
 Can't catch enough sleep for me to feel inspired
 As a lay amongst the cigarettes and broken vinyl
 I can never find the draft from the window
 I'm starting to look thinner than my bill fold
 Tired of the music that got no soul
 It ain't ideal but I deal
 Another hard loss for the home team
 Sees another white suburban kid turn dope fiend
 Sometimes it's like were in the city of forgotten dreams
 All the while technology replaces people
 It's harder than it looks and the truth hurts
 I still believe ya make it if you do work
 I feel like I never learn unless I lose first
 It ain't ideal but I deal
 I'd rather be a punk than apostle
 Even if it means I'll end up in the hospital
 For saying what I mean, got no control
 Sometimes it's hard enough to just stay sober
 When the future looks bright it can be blinding
 Pray I can muster up the strength to do the right thing
 The uncertainty and risk make it all real
 It ain't ideal but I deal
 With another new day comes a rebirth
 I count 'em like the holes on my tee shirt
 An opportunity to change and to see what works
 Even when the world is upon your shoulders
 The spirit that's inside me is hopeful
 I try to see the glass like it's half full
 The people put around me been so cool
 It ain't ideal, its surreal