Sympathy

You got that promotion
 I lied about my paycheck
 Said that I'm keeping up
 But my wallet's nearly weightless
 Every year that goes by
 The gap will start to widen
 Age will shine a spotlight
 On the secrets I've been hiding
 But I would never tell you
 What if I'm right?
 And I don't want to choose
 I'm hoping I don't
 Need your sympathy
 But time's not slowing down
 What if I lost my focus
 Looking for your sympathy?
 That won't sit with me
 I won't, I won't, I won't
 I'm thinking by midnight
 I'll be downing mixed drinks
 Just a couple drinks more
 I'll be thinking I can fix things
 Clean out my room
 Anything that can define me
 Drag 'em one by one to the middle of the street
 I'd smash this guitar
 Take a match to all my music
 Take these calloused hands
 And I'd cover 'em with new skin
 Tear up every book
 That has sentimental value
 Vonnegut and King,
 I'd be better off without you
 But I would never tell you
 What if I'm right?
 And I don't want to choose
 I'm hoping I don't
 Need your sympathy
 But time's not slowing down
 What if I lost my focus
 Looking for your sympathy?
 That won't sit with me
 I won't, I won't, I won't
 Don't you remember the way it felt?
 Living with unshaven faces
 We were blacked out in the basement
 Equals by the night
 Don't you remember the way it felt?
 Living with unshaven faces
 We were blacked out in the basement
 Equals by the night
 I'm just hoping I don't
 Need your sympathy
 But time's not slowing down
 I know time's not slowing down
 What if I lost my focus
 Looking for your sympathy?
 That won't sit with me
 I won't, I won't, I won't
 I won't