| One year we flew up to Alaska
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| All the scenery was gorgeous
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| And the people all so pleasant what a place
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| Might have been our one chance
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| To experience it firsthand
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| All the culture and the beauty of the state
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| But when we arrived
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| I couldn’t bring myself to leave the car
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| Stayed locked away with my guitar
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| And while the others
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| Studied the mountains and the rivers
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| I just stared down at my fretboard, pad and pen
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| Lately I’ve been struggling to conjure up
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| A band aid for this problem
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| That has freshly manifested in my brain
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| It seems as though I’ve grown a light switch
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| Deep within the recess of my psyche
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| One if flipped renders me borderline insane
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| It’s like ten seconds ago
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| Everything was fine and dandy
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| But now everything is fucked
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| And there ain’t no rhyme or reason for my seething
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| I just wanna be okay but I feel stuck
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| I don’t get to see the family often
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| Always on road
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| So, one year we organized a trip
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| We’d take to Lake Tahoe
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| A place we’d been when I was younger
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| All the memories are golden
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| But when we arrived
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| I found myself down at the bar
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| Black out drunk and seeing stars
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| While my loved ones
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| All played board games by the fire
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| I did drink myself within an inch of death
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| I’m no stranger to mistakes
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| It feels like every step I take
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| I trip myself up can’t get out of my own way
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| I’m by far my harshest critic and a cynic
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| Too neurotic to accept that sometimes
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| Shit is just okay
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| There’s always gotta be
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| Some problem I alone must solve
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| But that just ain’t the case at all
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| Cause I got friends and family
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| But my worst enemy is me
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| And me just can’t escape my head
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| Cause I was born to sabotage myself
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| Well that’s on me and no one else
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| I’m a human grenade
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| And I’m good at pullin' my own pin
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| You can blame it on my mental health
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| Addictions, stress and anything else
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| All it boils down to
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| Is I’m an asshole
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| With a loud mouth
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| And a system of support I don’t deserve |