Bucket Seat

[Verse 1]
I started out okay, I learned from my mistakes
Watching the birds peck something dead on nova-burned highways
And thought it could be worse, living on an empty purse
It could all fall apart, but I won't waste time on what doesn't work

My day routine's an act, I've made a nighttime pact
My mental scars in mason jars I keep in cheap glass stacks
You've got a broken joy, cake pans and children's toys
Clanging together on a tether in a voiceless noise

[Chorus]
Your back can break in a bucket seat
Your cool demeanor melts in the choking blue of highway heat
Your hеart can squeeze itself to stone
You can't rеverse the arc of all the verbal trash you've ever thrown
So hold on to the highs and love the lows

[Verse 2]
I put the words down first until the music heard
It bled the notes into my fingers til my knuckles hurt
And everything I hate's got an expiration date
I'm waiting for my repertoire to slowly marinate

[Chorus]
Your back can break in a bucket seat
Your cool demeanor melts in the choking blue of highway heat
Your heart can squeeze itself to stone
You can't reverse the arc of all the verbal trash you've ever thrown
So hold on to the highs and love the lows

[Bridge]
It's gonna roll on by, the carrion has died
You carry on until you're gone and then let go and ride
And shatter all you keep, throw it in a garbage heap
Whoever's next can have the rest until it all repeats

[Verse 3]
In time I forgot all of the game I brought
My brain is framed like Jackson Pollock painted all my thoughts
They're spattered on the street, a hushed cacophony
With glassy eyes and no one tries to swerve just out of reach

[Outtro]
Your back can break in a bucket seat
Your cool demeanor melts in the choking blue of highway heat
Your heart can squeeze itself to stone
You can't reverse the arc of all the verbal trash you've ever thrown

Your back can break in a bucket seat
Your cool demeanor melts in the choking blue of highway heat
Your heart can squeeze itself to stone
You can't reverse the arc of all the verbal trash you've ever thrown
So hold on to the highs and love the lows