Short Term Memory Loss

you're turning off your course again 
the fall would kill a stronger man 
with hungry headlights closing in 
st john is looking welcoming
alright
death is always closer than
death's closer than all your friends
death is closer than you think
he's closer than your friends and things
alright

we drove that car into a full on spin 
i wonder it just how would it feel if we dove on in 
i caught a glimpse of my screaming friend 
and when the sound cut out, i swore she’s laughing, alright
shattered lights spiral and blur on in 
and then rain sang along to her freckled skin 
the city's just a smudge on watery lens
i couldnt help but feel helpless so i kissed her again

turn it off and walk away 
dont look into those waves 
youll never be the same again 
and we all suffer short term memory loss 
from time to time 

you got him jumping everywhere across the gaps and stairs 
embracing every nick and cut and jammed fingered face plant it's 
he doesnt care for good repair soak up the sun and air 
chipped a tooth to feel the truth breaking every bone he cant mend
the bloods the thing that drives the dream that makes him think he can fall off 
the bloods the thing that boils to steam that makes machines out of our hearts 

the tires breathing out like tired moms and troubled teens
with secret smoke breaks balancing between showmanship and discovery 
mr. melodrama is over there "covering things" 
directing traffic, mumbling, like "move it along; nothing to see" 
its such a funny dream its such a sight to see 
honking horns and doubled breeze
matthews bridge in a watercolour bleed
and im just standing there shifting in my skin 
sift through grate below
fall to the rivers wash, taste my blood 
embrace my breaking bones

turn it off and walk away
don't look down into those waves
you'll never be the same again
and we all suffer short term memory loss from time to time
we all suffer short term memory loss from time to time
we all suffer short term memory loss from time to time
we all suffer short term memory loss
from time to time