"Next Best Letdown"
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"Next Best Letdown
(demo 10/02)"
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"Next Best Letdown (live
11/01)"
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If the bar runs out of glassware, trust that they'll pull out the plastic
cups
And the moral vacuum established in here demands that you suck it up
But if I sound halfway interesting and act as if I care
It doesn't mean I'm so self-aware
I don't want your phone number right now but I do
If you expect this to fail well then I might not disappoint you
So brace yourself for how this might sound
You gotta steel yourself for the next best letdown
Good evening ladies and gentlemen
Can you help me out here tonight?
Because charity begins on this subway ride
Charity happens on snowy winter nights
Somewhere along the lines of It's a Wonderful Life
And I don't really want to call you again but I do
And I don't want to hang out with your friends but I do
Brace yourself because I'm coming downtown
Steel yourself for the next best letdown
So take down the kitchen calendar
Help me count the days in a year
I never remember an anniversary but we've got a doozy right here
If I take the length of our relationship and divide it by two
It just means that I'll take half my life to get over you
And I don't want to keep going over it in my mind but I do
And I don't want to think it was a total waste of time but I do
You lost faith and I shut down
We were always waiting for the next best letdown
