Album: American Beauty / American Psycho (2015)

The Kids Aren't Alright

Stuck in the jet wash.
Bad trip I couldn't get off.
And maybe I bit off more than I could chew
And overhead of the aqua blue.

Fall to your knees, bring on the rapture.
Blessed be the boys time can't capture
On film or between the sheets.
I always fall from your window to the pitch-black streets.

And with the black banners raised
As the crooked smiles fade.
Former heroes who quit too late.
Who just wanna fill up the trophy case again.

And in the end
I'd do it all again.
I think you're my best friend.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?
And I'll be yours.
When it rains it pours.
Stay thirsty like before.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?

I'm not passive but aggressive.
Take note it's not impressive.
Empty your sadness like you're dumping your purse on my bedroom floor
We put your curse in reverse.

And it's our time now if you want it to be.
Maul the world like a carnival bear set free.
And your love is anemic.
And I can't believe that you couldn't see it coming for me.

And I still feel that rush in my veins.
It twists my head just a bit to think.
All those people in those old photographs I've seen are dead.

And in the end
I'd do it all again.
I think you're my best friend.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?
And I'll be yours.
When it rains it pours.
Stay thirsty like before.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?

And sometimes I just wanna sit around and gaze at my shoes.
And let your dirty sadness fill me up just like a balloon.

And in the end
I'd do it all again.
I think you're my best friend.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?
And I'll be yours.
When it rains it pours.
Stay thirsty like before.
Don't you know that the kids aren't al—, kids aren't alright?