sunny 16 (EP) lyrics

Smile

Like you've got nothing to prove

No matter what you might do

There's always someone out there cooler than you

I know that's hard to believe

But there are people you meet

They're into something that is too big to be

Expressed

Through their clothes

And they'll put up with all the poses you'll throw

And you won't

Even know

that they're not sizing you up

I know that you're in there

I can see you

You're saying you're okay

I don't believe you

And now that gig is up, the spell is broken

The fat lady's sung, the president has spoken

These days that you were waiting for will come and go

Like any day, just another day

There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you

While the world is watching, ohh ohh

So I'm lookin' at all the people in this restaurant

What do you think they weigh?

Look out the window to the parking lot

at their SUVs taking all of the space

They give no fuck

they talk as loud as they want

They give no fuck

just as long as there's enough for them

Gonna get on the microphone down at Wal-Mart

Talk about some shit that's been on my mind

If you want to be free

Then I want you to be

You’re not mine anymore

You’re public property

You’re a slave to these people who

Don’t even know you

You think they adore you

They do

Then they throw you away

Give the people what they want

You’ve got to give the people what they want

Got to give the people what they want

Pale, pubescent beasts

Roam through the streets

And coffee-shops

Their prey gather in herds
Of stiff knee-length skirts

And white ankle-socks

But while they search for a mate

My type hibernate

In bedrooms above

Composing their songs of love

Young, uniform minds

In uniform lines

And uniform ties

Run round with trousers on fire

And signs of desire