Suburban Legends

You had people who called you on unmarked numbers

In my peripheral vision

I let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summer

All was quickly forgiven

You were so magnetic it was almost obnoxious

Flush with the currency of cool

I was always turnin' out my empty pockets

And when it came to you

I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me it holds me together

And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

I had the fantasy that maybe our mismatched star signs

Would surprise the whole school

When I ended up back at our class reunion

Walkin' in with you

You'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries

With the pages ripped out

I am standing in a 1950s gymnasium

And I can still see you now

I didn't come here to make friends

We were born to be suburban legends

When you hold me it holds me together

And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

I know that you still remember

We were born to be national treasures

When you told me we'd get back together

And you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

Tick-tock on the clock I pace down your block

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it

Waves crash on the shore I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore and my whole life's ruined

Tick-tock on the clock I pace down your block

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite to do it

Waves crash to the shore I dash to the door

You don't knock anymore and I always knew it

That my life would be ruined ^[1]