Earring

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

And one of us gotta crawl under the bus

If we wanna stand a chance of standing up without a crutch

And I ain't trying to sound dismissive of that target you've been squinting at

We've all been aiming far beyond our range of limitations

Even when I try to take the bullet I'm impatient

Looking at your face for validation

Fly like dishes but sleep like strangers

Protect my interests, what you think these fangs for?

This isn't even anger

It's just disappointment pointed in a million directions

This is tight and stressed like a tight rope stretched

Across my whole chest this is why I'm flexing

Please forgive my voice but I'm lost in the void

When I look to the future neither one of us enjoying it

We ought to stop and start smelling these flowers

Before the world reminds us that it's not really ours

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la

I wish you could hear me, my lips to your earring

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

I wish you could hear me, my lips to your earring

Life is hard

Some states are too deep to wipe them off

So we must strive for a higher course

There's something that is clearly missed

Both of us are running from experiences

Frustrated today, nitpicking tomorrow

Sittin' in a sorrow, sippin' from a bottle

Where do we go wrong, why do we prolong

I wanna grab my hat and throw my coat on

We sleep in different beds, we're taking different meds

This relationship is so lighter than living dead

I know it's morbid, but there's the mortgage, there's the storage

There's the four kids, I will not forfeit

Whatever, we can make it under pressure

We're both bad with money, we spent the college fund together

And I've got nothing else to say about it

Let's just pray about it, I mean it

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la

I wish you could hear me, my lips to your earring

La-la, la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

I wish you could hear me, my lips to your earring