Slaves to the Pavement

Distractions from the ordinary

Real life just not good enough

Explanations hard to come by

Living outside the institutions

Waking in awkward situations

I wouldn't have it any other way

I can't recall a better time,

Each day felt like the next would never come

I realize I couldn't get enough

Alternatives all felt like death

I wish I could safely say

All the right decisions were always made

Yeah we were young but we're still here

Happy to starve for another year

It seems so right for one to assume

That what we are is what we see

What we buy who we do

I would have ended up that way

If not for those miles

Those endless days

I know it's not for everyone,

Empty halls, empty stomachs, empty hopes

In retrospect we had it all

We didn't choose this life,

This life chose us long ago

A web of friends and moments

Impossible to let go

Though we surrendered

What others want to treasure

We ended up with so much more

We didn't choose this life,

This life chose us long ago

A web of friends and moments

Impossible to let go

Though we surrendered

What others want to treasure

We ended up with so much more