Coasting by fifty five
Feeling seventy seven.
Five lanes compress to one
Thick air in Autumn congestion.
You figured you could rest your eyes
If only for a second.
The metal crash, the windshield cracks
Never made your destination.
Now everyone feels to blame for
The terrible thing you have done.
You felt it all at once and now you’re
Just like everyone else.
Making light of the bad times
Tied up in bedroom shine
Nervous friend, your helping hand
“I do this all the time.”
It’s just like how you heard it’d be
The numbness comes on hastily
But for some reason breathing stops
Guess that’s how it has to be.
Now everyone feels to blame for
The terrible thing you have done.
You felt it all at once and now you’re
Just like everyone else.
The tragic story told fits the mold
So please ignore the proof.
That’s how the story goes
According to everyone else,
An accident just doesn’t read like a textbook tragedy.
Please stifle your disbelief to be
Just like everyone else.
Now you’re just like everyone else.
Oh no, just like everyone else
Now we’re just like everyone else.
This live album from Pete Yorn, recorded over two nights in 2009, includes a link to watch and download the performance in its entirety. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2020
A sprawling, 25-song set from Pete Yorn complete with covers of Springsteen and The Smiths capture him at his unguarded best. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2020