State Line from NO DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

So long!
I’m staying home less than leaving.
Anxious more often than lookin alive.
Stoned more than feeling.
Drunk more than sleeping.
Too loud in Sweden, they turned off the lights.

Can I take a piece of you swerving through mountains
after the night shift?
Pull off in traffic and let me outside.
Carelessly plant it
Sleep mask and wishing,
“Turn into something, don’t let it die.”

Can I take a piece of you ‘cross the state line
like the rhythm steals my body
like the summer steals my mind?
The feeling that follows you from a past life ,
when you lose it in a moment
can you tell yourself it’s fine?

Pictures of toilets across the planet.
Stuff this in your pocket and wait in the line trade it for chocolates, cough drops, some weird chips, coffee or something.
I don’t have the time.

Can I take a piece of you ‘cross the state line
like the rhythm steals my body
like the summer steals my mind?
The feeling that follows you from a past life ,
when you lose it in a moment
can you tell yourself it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine?

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