keeping your cool

i'm admitting that i am confused, cuz i've never been in what you've put me through, and i wish that i had a single excuse, to say that i've got nothing left to lose, you were always a metaphor, to the things that you had to pretend you adored, and a lesson alone is so much more, than an answer you never tried asking for, you will one day find out, that everything can fall down, cuz life is keen on letting go, when you live it all alone, well we've got movies to the west, and we've got football to the east, and we've got highways passing by us, but if i could say the least, it's that this all was never perfect, but it's never gonna cease to be our home, agreed?, take off to the california coast, they say you'll be a star, i hope to god those city boys, don't change the girl you are, but when you turn to head on home, and check up on your friends, will you. check your mirror and see yourself, and check the pictures we have kept, and tell yourself it's never been so wrong to pretend, that you knew everything bout yourself, when you went off what they told you and not once had you felt, like your frequent decisions were always mistakes, and the chances you got were the ones you would take, i'm a little impressed with the fact that you're gone, and i'm not so surprised that before too damn long, you will end up the subject of every song, bout a girl who was broken when she thought she was strong, we've got miles left to walk, and a perfect view of space, and we've got every single night, where we would all just stare away, from the rooftop of your house, to every dream we ever wondered if we'd face, take off to the california coast, they say you'll be a star, i hope to god those city boys, don't change the girl you are, but when you turn to head on home, and check up on your friends, will you. check your mirror and see yourself, and check the pictures we have kept, and tell yourself it's never been so wrong to pretend, that your world hasn't fallen apart, you're unstitching the threads in all of your scars, you're too proud to admit you're going too far, with this goal that you set yourself, take off to the california coast, they say you'll be a star, i hope to god those city boys, don't change the girl you are, but when you turn to head on home, and check up on your friends, will you. check your mirror and see yourself, and check the pictures we have kept, and tell yourself it's never been so wrong to pretend