Annie died on a Saturday night
Of a broken heart
From the opposite side
Of the street

While Casey flew
Like a black balloon
With the business suits
In their front row seats

This blockbuster missed the mark
But helped us kill some time
Before the news
When we all stop seeing sparks
It means that somebody
Forgot to light the fuse

We’ve crossed users and abusers
Acquaintances forsaking us
Clueless love-struck losers
Claiming that the world’s unjust

Sentimental astronauts
Follow up their second thoughts
With freeze-dried tangerines
This schematic reads

In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created
Out of thin air
I don’t care anymore

Sidney died.
It was suicide
And a broken heart
While Laney packed her things

But Aimee and Drew
Couldn’t find a clue
Despite the brand new
Purchased diamond rings

These sensations failed both Lee and me
Emmett and Mary can deduce
That the more we act like family
The harder it becomes to reproduce

We’ve catalogued our bruises
Pathetic medics all do suspect
That we’re not immune to this
Technological Epidemic

Voluntary attendants
Can’t help but act offended
From public reckonings
While the neighbors sing:
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created

Holding shares, I don’t care anymore

Margery died
Of collegiate pride
Walking home
Irresponsibly

While Susie’s fate
Came two weeks late
The one-night stand
Warranted a baby

As for the order of Josephine
We heretics can’t explain her ruse
Red, blue, yellow, black and green
All colors turn to white
Before the muse

We march blindly through the forest
Experimental clientele
Our minds forget to warn us
That the sounding of the steeple bell

Signifies a riot cell
Residents of heav’n and hell
Are close to invading
While the angels sing
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created

Despite their stares, I don’t care anymore

And then Joan died
While I tried to find
The remains of my head
In the hotel lobby

Ken replied
And sympathized
Talking to the dead
Is just a hobby

I can’t recall Ramona’s face
Although I’m sure that she still looks the same
Vanishing without a trace
Makes the fakers remember your name

Soothsayers and debaters
Frightened by the status quo
Don’t need to explain to us
We already know what they already know

Before we reap what we sow
Someone has to start the show
With comical relief
It gets harder to believe that

In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These gray days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created

Fair is fair, I don’t care anymore