Pen Pals by Jason Anderson Lyrics

In-jokes expire
And mix tapes click off
Albums crackle through
Candles burn out
The credits start
Slumber party lights come on
Step-dad walks in ... awkwardly

College friends
Christmas cards
Bands run their course
Novellas conclude
The first kiss ends
Totally ends
Pen pals meet
There's disappointment

And there's melancholy
Staggering and thorough
Especially
From the awesome mid twenties
At the stomaching
That some one thing
Will never be the same
Tritely put
An era has ended
But it's always true
You can so tell when it's passed
It's like a death
And you can never get at how it used to be
It's gone

The holidays pass
Red wine wears off
A long drive
Your visiting friend to the airport
If your parents die
Yeah, they have to die

(Take me home)

In-jokes expire
And mix tapes click off
Albums crackle through
Candles burn out
The credits start
Slumber party lights come on
Step-dad walks in ... awkwardly

College friends
Christmas cards
Bands run their course
Novellas conclude
The first kiss ends
Fuckin' totally ends
Pen pals meet
There's disappointment
And there's melancholy
Staggering and thorough
Especially
From these awesome mid twenties
The stomaching
That some one thing
Will never be the same

Tritely put
An era has ended
But it's always true
You so can tell when it's passed
It's like a death
And you can never get at how it used to be