Where will you be
when your emo days are over and
your tattoos are all fading out
and she really won't call you back this time and
what will you be
when your emo days are dead and gone
and everyone else has carried on
and left you far behind and lonely?
where will you go
when your emo days have bitten dust
and your romantic ideals crushed
and you're all alone with your cigarette habit?
who will you blame
when your emo days are long long gone
just a middle-aged man mowing your lawn
and the rock 'n' roll all now seems too loud DAGNABIT!
your time is up
time is up for you
how will it feel
when your emo days have said goodbye
and it feels like acting when you cry
and you can't get drunk 'cause your body can't take it?
you'll be real quiet
when your emo days are in your past
even though you swore they'd always last
now you can't keep it real or even fake it
you tried so hard
to keep your emo lifestyle together but
the years caught up like "what the fuck?"
and the bills piled up all the way to the ceiling
oh, well you sigh
all those emo days weren't so damn nice
now a mature, adult lifestyle will suffice
buy you'll always kind of miss that feeling
that emo feeling
time is up for you
credits
from Modern Ham Shack,
released March 1, 2009
Derailed Freight Train AKA Damian C. Cohn
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