Diagnoses and Neuroses by Border Patrol Lyrics

I was the last train out of station
I was a brain after jet lag
I was trashed in public
drinking from a garbage bag

You were a boat adrift at ocean
you were lotto numbers never called
You were smoking by the stairwell
you were a city after sprawl

I kicked my shoes off
and put on Sufjan
You left you boyfriend
And wore black nylon

We were the accident before you realize no tow trucks are coming
we were the pipes before the ice broke through the plumbing

But it was only ever gonna be a
matter of time
we got good at being lonely
didn’t need partners in crime
we played a game called feeling ugly
and trying not to care
cuz diagnoses and neuroses are things it’s better not to share
I was a jumper on an airplane
I never grabbed a parachute
I was the last bit of adhesive
when the sole departs the boot

You were the laundry on the floorboard
you were the empty kitchen shelf
you were the last night before christmas
when you realize there’s no elves

You bleached you hair white
then dyed it purple
I grew my beard out
and drove in circles

We were the seizing engine right after the warranty is gone
we were the moment you can’t fix it but there’s no way to move on

But it was only ever gonna be a
matter of time
we got good at being lonely
didn’t need partners in crime
we played a game called feeling ugly
and trying not to care
cuz diagnoses and neuroses are things it’s better not to share
I was the toaster in the bathtub
I was a lamp without a cord
I was the puzzle missing pieces
that you’d play with when you’re bored

You were the women and the children
As that boat went under
You were the mom drinking mescato
while her kid play in the thunder

You moved to Cali
To draw some pictures
I moved apartments
And drank cheap liquor

We were the empty lot a decade after everything’s torn down
We were the neighborhood remembered after everyone left town

But it was only ever gonna be a
matter of time
we got good at being lonely
didn’t need partners in crime
we played a game called feeling ugly
and trying not to care
cuz diagnoses and neuroses are things it’s better not to share