"Burnout" lyrics

From the road it looks like a house with the lights on
From the road you'd think there's dinner on the stove
You should come closer. You should see the wiring
You should see how much of it is held with tape

You ask me why I don't want kids like it's a puzzle
Like there's an answer that would make you comfortable
I can barely carry me across a Wednesday
I'm not handing this to someone smaller

Everybody's fine from far enough away
That's the part they never put on the display
Come stand where I'm standing, take a look inside
Everybody's fine. Everybody lied

Some nights I think it would have been easier
To never have started, never opened my eyes
And then the kettle clicks and I get up and make it
And that's the whole argument, most days. The kettle

I'm not asking you to fix it, that's not it
I'm asking you to stop saying it's not that bad
It is that bad. You can say it. Nothing breaks
Say it once and then we'll talk about the weather

Everybody's fine from far enough away
That's the part they never put on the display
Come stand where I'm standing, take a look inside
Everybody's fine. Everybody lied

The lights are on because I left them on
Not because there's anybody cooking
It looks warm. It photographs well
Don't move in. I'm just telling you it's cold

Everybody's fine from far enough away
Everybody's coping, everybody's okay
Come stand where I'm standing for a single night
Everybody's fine. Nobody's alright