Laughing Maniacally - We Cut Corners

I can only wait so long for this

I don’t know if I can wait much longer

If I linger 'til it hits my fingertips

The feeling’s only gonna get stronger

And you give, and you give, and you give

For every wisdom received there is one that you have to resist

It’s no way to live

But it’s a way to exist

Rewind me to a time when the world

Was disinclined to wallow in resentment

I’d be happy if my later life was defined by your kind and solitary contentment

And I know, and I know, and I know

For everyone you include there is one that you must discommode

You either run out of room

Or you run out of road

When we’re aligning

We’re era-defining, we’re in the ascendant

We’re on the attack

Do you remember?

Laughing maniacally

All of the way to the brink and back

When we’re opposing

The walls are collapsing and closing

Over ourselves

But do you remember?

Climbing mechanically

All of the way back into our shells

Codified affection, start to slip

Slowly into co-dependence

Do you know why all my failed relationships are prone to trailing off

mid-sentence?

And I try, and I try, and I try

To keep my head low and my hopes inappropriately high

When you’ve got nothing to show

You’ve got nothing to hide!

When we’re aligning

We’re era-defining, we’re in the ascendant

We’re on the attack

Do you remember?

Laughing maniacally

All of the way to the brink and back

When we’re opposing

The walls are collapsing and closing

Over ourselves

But do you remember?

Climbing mechanically

All of the way back into our shells

I can only wait so long for this

I don’t know if I can wait much longer

When we’re aligning

We’re era-defining, we’re in the ascendant

We’re on the attack

Do you remember?

Laughing maniacally

All of the way to the brink and back

When we’re opposing

The walls are collapsing and closing

Over ourselves

But do you remember?

Climbing mechanically

All of the way back into our shells