Silverlake Neophyte Songtext
von Third Eye Blind

Well, I get nervous before my take outside the club in
Silverlake and there′s no mistaking your perfect practice
In a sense, I just start talking
You can see that I'm not gonna lie to you
And this folk music′s fucking me up, makes me think I should quit
Maybe I'm just scared of it
Quick hit and a flip of a Zippo, inhale and your eyes squint
You point at me with your cigarette fingers
Say you'll find some good shit in the ruins
But deep down I′m not sold on what we′re doing
Deep down I think you're seething with ambition
Like everyone else around, you′re on a mission
To see just how many likes that you can get
Get your fingers wet and have the people watch you rub a freeze
Everyone needs to be seen, there's no growing in the dark
You say it′s just a pose
Well, what's wrong with a pose?
We all invent ourselves as we go, so here we go
The same old itch
The air′s meant to protect myself, took a life


On now and they're breathing on their own
Some strange personality living up on
Me that I've been trying to ditch
I want things to be perfect so I put
It off, maybe progress now will do
I′m on the outside, never satisfied
Something′s always missing so you
Convinced yourself that you're beautiful
I mean look at those hands, you′re all
Purity with a splash of Saint Germain
Oh, I want to be a daring one, no more
Songs about being cozy and bored
Don't sing about the suburbs and how you miss the scent of home
An Elliott Smith clone′s all you'll be and miss all this urgency
And everyone needs to be seen, there′s no growing in the dark
It's just a pose, well, what's wrong with a pose?
We all invent ourselves as we go, so here we go
I look for you outside after the show
I look for you again and I′ll go with you ′cause I kinda love you
If I see you again, I think I'm gonna kill you
′Cause we'll keep doing this, waiting around
For someone who doesn′t want me, to want me
I've been looking longingly at the scene