Iand've really got to clean up my room
you know its been so long since iand've seen my floor
itand's getting kind of scary in fact i suspect
that when i finally clear away i wonand't know her anymore
how weand'll have grown so far apart
from those early days with the fresh new start
so in the end it wonand't matter at all
so why should i bother with the rise and the fall
so i quietly lay back down
and watch tv
But these are the things we tell ourselves
eventual stories designed to amuse
itand's a game we play and we play it well
in fact weand're so damn good that we try to lose
so we can keep hiding
so we can survive
and keep on believing
someday weand'll go outside and drive
gonna go outside and drive...
I have resolved not to leave my house
till my floor comes back and my room is clean
so iand'm really kind of glad that my tvand's here
while i concoct my plan to fulfill my dream
now wonand't that be wonderful when iand'll finally be done
you know i just canand't wait for it then iand'll start to have fun
itand's getting hard lately to concentrate
all my appointments cancelled cause iand'm horribly late
you know i think i need a prison
in order to dream of being free
But these are the things we tell ourselves
eventual stories designed to amuse
itand's a game we play and we play it well
in fact weand're so damn good that we try to lose
so we can keep hiding
so we can survive
and keep on believing
someday weand'll go outside and drive
gonna go outside and drive...
Now weeks have gone by and my roomand's not done
in fact i could say that itand's gotten much worse
amongst the crumpled letters the moodand's quite perverse
but i got a new tv with a remote control
styrofoam and instructions fill the hole
where i once cleared a path where i once blazed a trail
to the bathroom, but i fear that a nail
is buried there now so i step very rarely
and try not to get out of bed
You know tomorrow iand'll get up and iand'll walk out my door
and life will return to the way that it was
but i think iand'm getting sick iand'd better give it a day
it mustnand't get a foothold, but it usually does
so iand'll sit right here till iand'm old and gray
i need my rest after all iand'm wasting away
and i just saw a cockroach crawl out of my sneaker
i think heand's biding his time till i get somewhat weaker
things could still turn out alright
as long as iand'm not dead
as long as iand'm...
iand'm...iand'm not...
iand'm not dead, no iand'm not dead
But these are the things we tell ourselves
eventual stories designed to amuse
itand's a game we play and we play it well
in fact weand're so damn good that we try to lose
so we can keep hiding
so we can survive
and keep on believing
someday weand'll go outside and drive
gonna go outside and drive
Iand'm still alive, yeah
is it raining or is it sunning?
i wonder if itand's light outside
whatand's it like outside?
is it sunning outside?
i wonder if itand's raining
is it raining?
