New Phone, Who’s This

I can't hide these feelings from you
You're probably gonna be the first person I play this song to
And everything is still a little sketchy
And I still think everyone is out to get me
Those people with money own the skies
The seas that we swim in and the plants we eat to stay alive
But we're closer to the earth now then we ever were before
And I'd still share a towel with anyone and eat food off the floor

We table dived on Swanson Street when all we wanted was a bite to eat
But we could never fill that hunger
And these poor men in the alleyway still shooting for the stars
And the pavement cracks beneath their feet and exposes the dark
And I'll try to rarely raise my voice at you
And if I do there's just a thorn in my paw but that's still no excuse
And the white male propaganda's on the outskirts of the truth
They'll keep selling off our future 'cause they can't make bank off you

But getting high with my friend's dad
Out the back makes it feel like maybe it's not yet that bad
And he'll say it's just the nature of things like tea leaves in a kitchen sink
But I never felt as strong as this, bearing the burden of revolution

We dumpster dived out the back of Kohl's
When it was raining, but not that cold
'Cause we will never live being anything but cheap
And this person that you see, singing and swaying, this isn't me
Just the person that I wanted to be when I was thirteen
But with better morals than she

And I've always been jealous of my neighbors
Them and their three-ply toilet paper
And I'm still reminded of when my mother read my diary
And it made me resent her but she just wanted to know me
You would call yourself a coward
It never made you any braver
But you are the calm before the storm
And you are the tiny bumps on my arm and you are the war
You lit the biggest fire I ever saw

And I felt it like nobody else
I'm still screaming here all by myself
But I will hold you to nothing
If I could tell you about the time I spent looking longingly over the neighbors' fence
And how nothing's really changed since then
But it's all in your head
You'll tell me once again
You'll need to tell me once again
It's been a long time coming, friend