Charming

You make your list then don't look up
For the better part of 30
Power through what you're supposed to
Hopin' that you'll wake up happy
The fire from the finish line
You finally stick the landing
That fear of looking back to be
The only one left standing

From here you look so far ahead
From there I am the clearest winner
Argue 'til we can't decide
Screaming, this looks charming from the outside

To focus on the future that remains uncertain
To worry you'll become your friends' next missing person
You'll find me at the end of Grand Street by the fences
Between the water and the factories that have become houses

From here you look so far ahead
From there I am the clearest winner
Argue 'til we can't decide
Screaming, this looks charming from the outside
This looks charming from the outside

Don't want to seem ungrateful
But the bar can never be set high enough
I like the house we built of all life's limitations
Should I just scrape my knees to lower expectations?

From here you look so far ahead
From there I am the clearest winner
Argue 'til we can't decide
Screaming, this looks charming from the outside

You know I'd better stop comparing
(This looks charming from the outside)
It all looks better in the movies
(This looks charming from the outside)
If you'd be better off without me
(This looks charming from the outside)
You know I'd better stop comparing