The Depressive Spectrum

Here's how to be happy:
Catch the football, win the game
Pass the test, grab diploma
Hug mom, feel empty

Put your passion on hold
Find a cheerleader, fall in love
Sign the paper, buy the house
Fix the tie into a noose
Tie the noose

Show me someone who's got life figured out
You're either full of ignorance, or full of doubt
The difference between me and all my friends:
They've got time to waste; I've got time to spend
And I spent it all on you

Here's how to be happy:
Grow your hair out, quit your job
Fight your boss, crash your car
Dump your girlfriend, get evicted
Play some riffs, smoke a cigarette
Drink a beer, listen to Black Flag
Smile through it, and laugh through it
And smile through it, and laugh through it

But the joke's on me
But the joke's on me
But the joke's on me
But the joke's on me
Punchline straight to the face
Of all the mistakes I can't erase
And all the high school friends I dropped
Because they didn't know when to stop
Drunk in Isaac's living room;
Next thing you know, you're 32
To live and die in West Chester;
Sorry, I want something better

We're all on opposite ends
Of the depressive spectrum
We're all on opposite ends
Of the depressive spectrum
We're all on opposite ends
Of the depressive spectrum
We're all on opposite ends