Angel Youth

Oh, a warm hello would be apropos
 We haven't spoke in several weeks
 But solitude tends to be the move
 So you probably won't hear from me
 And there was once relief in the changing trees
 The contrails that cut the sky
 But pre-arranged circumstances change
 And I'd be lying if I said I'm fine
 Catch her in the switchbacks in the line
 Switching back to central standard time
 Each day, slightly more resigned
 Trying to make some sense of life
 So if we take off
 You could quit your day job
 We'd call ourselves the Angel Youth
 You'll find us traveling and making tunes
 But then I think of
 All the people we've loved
 How they'll be growing older soon
 How it's true for me and you
 So I convalesced in the middle west
 And fell for Ohio's roads
 I'm standing still by the window sill
 Where I once watched the world explode
 So when it's looking dark in your narrative arc
 I'm here and you can talk with me
 A hackneyed fool under facist rule
 Wasting days singing bout his dreams
 All of which has lead me to believe
 Earth's a set and life's the movie screen
 And every dream that you have in-between
 They'll fade with every frame you see
 Oh, is it self-hate?
 I wish I was in LA
 Far from all the roads we knew
 Unworried where we're going to
 So if we take off
 You could quit your day job
 We'd call ourselves the Angel Youth
 We're coming to a town near you
 Lonely and outraged
 Guess for now that I'll wait
 For generation Angel Youth
 To point me towards a higher truth
 It's on the off-chance we never come to cross hands
 Cause it's too late to not pretend
 And I'd for all of this to end
 Just glad that I could be your friend