Reason from Mistake by Bear on Bear
Tracklist
| 9. | Reason | 4:28 |
Lyrics
Delayed gratification’s the name of the game
I’ll put my faith in the time I’m told it’s supposed to take
And lay bare my flaws at the altar of sin
And amputate my innocence cuz that’s how you win
Flooded with angst, I feel the gun at my head
Cuz I’m too old now, what else could I do instead
But keep grindin’ keep fantasizin’ too
Cuz who am I if I don’t love what I do?
Swimming up the waterfall
Whatever it takes to have it all
I won’t just let my cradle rock
I’ve got the key, now where’s the lock?
Giving up what’s comfortable
Is supposed to feel impossible
It seems I must outrun the clock
I’ve got the key, there’s no need to knock
I better have a damn good reason to be here breathin’
What’s gotten into the air
I better have a damn good reason to keep believin’
I’m not worse for wear
I don’t choose what to care about
Or what I can bear to do without
Stuck with what I love
And what I’ll never rise above
I broke down and cried when he said he didn’t have much longer alive
It’s already happened to friends of mine, I hope he makes it to 65
Red numbers festered and metastasized for him and his first and second wives
They were holdin out for the big payoff in that codependent chaos
And now I’m tracking his trajectory so I don’t repeat his history
His regret is way too potent, it’s atonement
For the sin of not having your shit together
And not being able to make your life better
Succumbing to addiction
And believing too much in fiction
Working too much and reaping too little
He got burned I still hear the sizzle
Working too much and reaping too little I’ll find
That everything I’ll ever do is meagre
Even as the son of an Ivy Leaguer
But I’m not gonna sour to life like him
And everywhere he lost is where I’ll win
Everything I’ll ever do is meagre
Even as the son of an Ivy Leaguer
There are some things I know he did right
And he’s the father I’m gonna be like
