Letter For My Freshman Self

[Verse 1]
Yeah
Dear Max, your letter found me safe in good health
I'm glad you wrote, I saw your photos, you don't look well
I remember that resentment, feelin' like you're set up to fail
Or else some doubt, don't have to spell it out, I kinda could tell
I hear the anxiousness, it's in the way your phrasing is
I hear the hate towards the way that you're complacent with
Going through the motions, never posting, you're stretched paper thin
But I could tell you what’s to comе and what to make of it
You gon' spend the summеr lookin' at the clock a lot
The surgeries ensure you really ever got to toss
All your shit in organized piles, you just wander off
Lost in your thoughts 'til it dawns on you, you're proper lost
You try and find yourself in music same as ever
And then by the power of circumstance a bunch of other people
At this school party hear about what you'd been making
And that's what gonna finally start a fucking conversation

[Chorus]
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?

[Verse 2]
New friends appear like siblings that were long-lost
You watch 'em snicker while you fib to all the mall cops
Watchin' your walls dissolve quicker than a frog hops
You've been a new you ever since the ball dropped
Sad recollections fade 'til you forget to fret
So it's atonement this the future you were meant to get
And while the laughs sound in the background you resurrect
All of that ambition you convinced yourself you left for dead
So let yourself enjoy your passable performances
At play practice, stay mad turning homework in
Mic recording vocals, writer's block is all but over with
Jot what's on your noggin' 'til you poppin' à la soda fizz
No second thought to give 'cause fortune on your side now
Pencil tip it never slips
No print to tint in white-out
See the light with dry eyes, there's nothing much to cry about
If the sky caved in we'd still enjoy the night out

[Chorus]
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?

[Verse 3]
By the spring you're gonna wanna fucking kill yourself
No way to sugarcoat it, you gon' wanna kill yourself
Built a foundation and you blinked and all the pillars fell
Story doesn't go on, you're stuck in fucking filler hell
You had tried your best, the world changed around you
And you lost a little hearing, we were taking it for granted
Judgmental panic, rather choke than be a hypocrite
Shoved back to square one, lonesome on the internet
Go to sleep at four, open up your eyes at noon
Appetites in hiding, feel like dying from a bite of food
Mind likes to liken you to heinous, wicked people
Only visible part of the world is ways the shit is evil
Fighting with your dad, fighting with yourself more
You're not helping shit when self-pity overwhelms your ability to think or act
You gon' let it kick your ass
And everyone is worse off so I guess it's tit-for-tat

[Chorus]
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?

[Verse 4]
But you need to know you turn it all around, Max
If I can teach you anything it's this too shall pass
You feel like an outcast and I'ma come to terms with it
You gon' take some bad cuts, and I'll apply the tourniquet
Once you're through the worst of it you're having fun at school again
Or walking round stores in a pack among your stupid friends
Don't worry 'bout your ears, you know 'bout panning audio
You gon' meet a girl that loves you more than you thought possible
I'm proud to tell you our guitar playing ain't as ass
Acceptance letters here, breathe and take some paces back
Here's how to make a track, shut up about ambition
Think who'd want you to value that why would you wanna listen
You loved to draw 'til you were fucked by the luck of it
But that part of us is healing up we still in touch with it
So try to get a fucking grip and hold your pen tighter
I'm telling you for certain down the road it gets nicer

[Chorus]
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?