"Canaries" lyrics

Mkay

Make what you can out of nothing
Keep bluffing your way to extinction
You're a sick fuck to think that this
Unlike anything else
Will last forever

Building rock anthems, a jigsaw exterior
You see what you miss, but
You can't stand to be near her
It's bigger than that, you realize
But short-sighted impulses own what's left of your dignity

Tell yourself quietly don't plow the field yet
You're waiting to grow some new life from retrospect
You know free agency pays little in the long run
But you just don't feel like your legs are that tired yet
Friends and go-betweens sing like canaries crushed in leaves
This is the thanks you get
Somewhere that's sweet, maybe someday we will meet
And I can thank you without strings

All these befores that get drilled on long after
It's all just leverage when you're sure that it's over
The streets go blurry like a movie that you saw once
Minutes freeze, but you can't collect the corners still
She used to whisper your name like a refrain
And when she held you, you know you felt safer
But your demons are fucking huge
You stack your deck to lose
You say there's nothing you can do
Well, we all know you're lying
Friends and go-betweens sing like canaries crushed in spring
This is the thanks you get
You get what you put in
I guess that's bullshit in the end
Written under fluorescent lights
That replace
The sun
At night