build a pillow barracade
so the ghosts can't get to me
twenty-something instincts
feel like a deadbeat dad
never there when it counts
and puts you right in therapy
life is a gamble, baby
and you'll have to live with that
oh, but I'll be fine 'cause I always end up
just fine, then I call a friend up
that's just how it is
and I wake up tired and vaguely sore
stir a pot when I'm feeling bored
full-sending a lot, only halfway sure
walking around with heirloom pain
dad's temper and mom's mistakes
and always afraid to fall flat in my face
but doing it anyway
walls up to the skies
many men have marched around
to no avail, there's Achilles
then there's his godforsaken heel
I do the dishes and tend the garden
soften up where I used to harden
and take a moonlit walk
and I wake up tired and vaguely sore
stir a pot when I'm feeling bored
full-sending a lot, only halfway sure
walking around with heirloom pain
dad's temper and mom's mistakes
and always afraid to fall flat in my face
but doing it anyway