Oh, The Humanity! Quiet Company

At 17, I bet that I was such a handsome thing
I bet that you could see the optimism dripping off of me
But I suppose this is how it always had to go
The clouds were rolling in, the skies were graying quickly

But I grit my teeth and I beat my chest in the greedy face of the ugliness
And I pushed it down where I could not feel it
Then I kept my cool, because my cool concealed it

But I know, I can't let it go
I’ve been here too long
Maybe I'm the one that changed, but if so
I want the devil I know, not some angel I don't
If it seems like they’re all singing along but they're doing it wrong, you're doing it wrong
I can feel it in the air
Now something tells me, we've been here before

At 21, I was basking in the warming sun
I fell in love with the idea that life had meaning to it
So imagine my surprise when I did realize that everybody here was just coincidental

You take your love, put it on your shelf, while you're moving units for someone else
Til you see dead eyes in the mirror's face
It's a fucked up time, in a fucked up place

But I know, I can't let it go
I’ve been here too long
Maybe I’m the one that changed, but if so
I want the devil I know, not some angel I don't
If it seems like they’re all singing along but they're doing it wrong, you're doing it wrong
I can feel it in the air