Gold Star

[Verse 1]
There must still be a little wherewithal left
One last batch
Cooling on a windowsill
Cooling on a windowsill
Just a little bit of larger context
To snatch from the mintbox
Little bit of lucidity still
Little bit of lucidity still

[Chorus]
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you

[Verse 2]
There has to be some lucidity
Left at a dip where the curb hits a roadside
Pooling like a rainbow slick
Pooling like a rainbow slick
Maybe not enough to nurse for a lifetime
But you could still savor it
While it lasts

[Chorus]
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you

[Bridge 1]
There’s a craven utility
In this country
A desperate convenience
And we want and we search
Behind the paywall
Beyond the hourly parking
For a soul
We thought we could fill up
The empty expanse within us
With accomplishment: a discount ‘love’

[Chorus]
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you
It’s a gold star on an open wound
But press it on, I beg of you

[Bridge 2]
Beyond the hourly parking
We searched
We thought we could fill up
The empty expanse
We’re bound to the notion
We must continually prove our worth
To maintain a space on this earth
So we grew and grew and
More and more space, we took up
Big, hollow just like a gold rubber balloon

[Outro]
We’re bound to the notion
We must continually prove our worth
To maintain our space
So we grew and grew and
More and more space, we took up
Big, shiny and insubstantial like a
Gold star on an open wound
It’s a gold star on an open wound
It’s a gold star on an open wound
It’s a gold star on an open wound
I don’t know what’s beautiful anymore
I only know what’s loud, loud, loud, loud