"Growing Sideways" lyrics

"Growing Sideways"

So I took my medication and I poured my trauma out
On some sad-eyed, middle-aged man's overpriced new leather couch
And we argued about Jesus, finally found some middle ground
I said, "I'm cured"

And I divvied up my anger into thirty separate parts
Keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart
I'm still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them
But it's a start

But I ignore things and I move sideways
'Til I forget what I felt in the first place
At the end of the day, I know there are worse ways to stay alive

'Cause everyone's growing and everyone's healthy
I'm terrified that I might never have met me
Oh, if my engine works perfect on empty
I guess I'll drive
I guess I'll drive

So I forgot my medication, fell into a manic high
Spent my savings at a Lulu, now I'm sufferin' in style
Why is pain so damn impatient? Ain't like it's got a place to be
Keeps rushin' me

But I ignore things and I move sideways
'Til I forget what I felt in the first place
At the end of the day, I know there are worse ways to stay alive

'Cause everyone's growing and everyone's healthy
I'm terrified that I might never have met me
Oh, if my engine works perfect on empty
I guess I'll drive

And if all my life was wasted
I don't mind, I'll watch it go
Yeah, it's better to die numb than feel it all
Oh, if all my time was wasted
I don't mind, I'll watch it go
Yeah, it's better to die numb than feel it all

But I ignore things and I move sideways
Until I forget what I felt in the first place
At the end of the day, Lord knows there are worse ways to stay alive

'Cause everyone's growing and everyone's healthy
I'm terrified that I might never have met me
Oh, if my engine works perfect on empty
I guess I'll drive
I guess I'll drive


Writer(s): Noah Kahan
album: "Stick Season" (2022)
Noah Kahan - Stick Season album cover
Your Needs, My Needs
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
Dial Drunk
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
Paul Revere
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
No Complaints
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
Call Your Mom
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
You're Gonna Go Far
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
The View Between Villages (Extended)
(We'll All Be Here Forever Bonus Track)
Forever
(Forever Bonus Track)
Dial Drunk
(Forever Bonus Track)
Call Your Mom
(Forever Bonus Track)
She Calls Me Back
(Forever Bonus Track)
Northern Attitude
(Forever Bonus Track)
Everywhere, Everything
(Forever Bonus Track)
Homesick
(Forever Bonus Track)
You're Gonna Go Far
(Forever Bonus Track)
Paul Revere
(Forever Bonus Track)
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