"Gardens, Galleries" lyrics
Are you bitter enough now
To let months go by?
A couple of times, we took I-95
To buy fireworks wholesale for Fourth of July
You're a framer of people
And I'm stuck in place
I'm a video clip from a 2010 trip
I'm the flash of a girl jumping into a lake
And I shouldn't have to be her
She goes swimming in a T-shirt
So, I'm cutting the loose ends and expensive weight
Just a matter of time 'til I'm under the dime
But I humor the meter for quarters inside
Put the coats on the hanger
And the jewelry drawer
A museum of sorts
Someone's coming up short
Keep them all behind glass
Count 'em back to make sure
I'm not easy for a reason
I'm the poster child for nothing
People aren't statues in gardens and galleries
Trust me, I had you in pardons and flatteries
Easy to love me when love is conditional
Gum on the windowsill, I had my role to fill
Sun poisoning got me the summer of '17
I am the product of promised longevity
You're not ahead me
Well-versed in holding things above my head
That doesn't mean anything
People aren't statues in gardens and galleries
All of those heroes are topless in fallacies
It's so much sweeter to shroud you in memory
"Don't make a man out of marble," they're telling me
You'll be remembered for something you'll never know
Squeezing my shoulder and squirming on empty roads
Drawing a dog on the back of a magazine
"Don't make a man out of marble," they're telling me
To let months go by?
A couple of times, we took I-95
To buy fireworks wholesale for Fourth of July
You're a framer of people
And I'm stuck in place
I'm a video clip from a 2010 trip
I'm the flash of a girl jumping into a lake
And I shouldn't have to be her
She goes swimming in a T-shirt
So, I'm cutting the loose ends and expensive weight
Just a matter of time 'til I'm under the dime
But I humor the meter for quarters inside
Put the coats on the hanger
And the jewelry drawer
A museum of sorts
Someone's coming up short
Keep them all behind glass
Count 'em back to make sure
I'm not easy for a reason
I'm the poster child for nothing
People aren't statues in gardens and galleries
Trust me, I had you in pardons and flatteries
Easy to love me when love is conditional
Gum on the windowsill, I had my role to fill
Sun poisoning got me the summer of '17
I am the product of promised longevity
You're not ahead me
Well-versed in holding things above my head
That doesn't mean anything
People aren't statues in gardens and galleries
All of those heroes are topless in fallacies
It's so much sweeter to shroud you in memory
"Don't make a man out of marble," they're telling me
You'll be remembered for something you'll never know
Squeezing my shoulder and squirming on empty roads
Drawing a dog on the back of a magazine
"Don't make a man out of marble," they're telling me
