Big Change Songtext
von Swearin’

High school summer vacation
On heavy rotation
It spills through broken PA speakers
We′re all older now
And the same things get us going
At least I can admit it
The best years of our lives
Were spent in some stranger's basement
Medley made of empty cans and exes
And that radical romantic conversation

About how we′re all like mutants
Who found each other by chance through rock and roll music
Clenched fist, eyes wild
Screaming through the records you willfully compile
While I put my bad faith into practice


I sit at home on Saturday night
I ease into my false sense of superiority
No art degree, no conservatory
Just Katie and me
And whatever we're drinking to diminish our diplomacy
If you can't appreciate the art
Appreciate the air conditioning

High school dance with me, baby
I give it all up, baby
I slip away before your grasp is too tight
We′re both older now
But you still let the music determine how you feel
Any given night

Watch me sway in a new dress
Say I′m ruining your life
Dancing more and not like the others
You practice a big change
And learn a toxic pattern
You zero effort made
You and I have it ample just a moment
It's a beautiful idea
But hopelessness brings consistency


And the disappointment isn′t surprising
So you nail it smooth
You sing songs to clean your fingernails too
And you'll lose me tonight
And I′ll sing right out the guilt to you