Contrast And Compare (Companion Version)

Bright Eyes

Contrast and compare

Between the busy ones and the ones who don’t care

Until there is no one that you really know

So I drift through these days of appointments and promises made

They will all end up broken and quickly replaced

Weeks are slow, days drag on

Even practice and parties seem long

But I found myself going

I guess there’s nothing to do

Oh well.

Group of kids, line of cars

More will show up after the bars close

There’s this boredom that drowns everything

Bottles break, music plays, conversations competing for space

I look for a corner or a quieter room

There’s no heat in this house, I can’t breath with these words in my mouth

But I’m not going to say them, yeah, I’ve made that mistake before

On the stairs she grabs my arm, says "what’s up

Where you been, is something wrong?"

I try to just smile, and say everything’s fine