Parenthesis Prologue by The Small Calamities Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I laid on the floor and I looked at the TV
The people were angry, the popcorn was free
It's been a long time since I've been in the real world
You'll have to tell me what it's like

[Verse 2]
We started in rags and we ended in bondage
When I woke up on wednesday it all stayed the same
I got on a plane, just away for the weekend
Half a year later I never returned

[PreChorus]
I'm a parenthesis
You arе a satellite
We havе been circling moments of impact
Spending our days at the Chelsea Hotel writing tomes of American history
Just because we hit the ground, doesn’t mean we can run...

[Chorus]
My soul was the price I paid
Forty bottles in the back of a basement
It don't matter, we can't be saved
We came and we left our mark
You be human and I'll be on the clock
It don't matter if it all gets lost
[Verse 3]
I stood in the crowd and I covered my face
The people were tired, the anger was free
I slept through the outrage and woke up accepting
The radio laughed and the poets retired

[Verse 4]
I have been thinking when I'm trying not to
I woke up on Wednesday and went back to sleep
I was young for a moment, I still remember
I wasn't worth it but I wasn't wrong

[PreChorus]
I'm a parenthesis
You are a satellite
We have been circling moments of impact
Spending our days at the Chelsea Hotel writing tomes of American history
Just because we hit the ground, doesn’t mean we can run...

[Chorus]
My soul was the price I paid
Forty bottles in the back of a basement
It don't matter, we can't be saved
We came and we left our mark
You be human and I'll be on the clock
It don't matter if it all gets lost
[Coda]
We all got lost
We all got over it
We made it back to Texas
We made it out alive

We all got lost
We all came up empty
We almost made it okay
We made it back to Texas