The Drive Home - Small Talk lyrics

You'll fall over the drama you've kept hidden away Under the covers you'll spend each of your waking days This small talk will get you nowhere And the sun's not so bright That you can't see where I am and where you haven't been Where time is and where you're wasting it You couldn't keep your eyes set on your knees Let alone a lock and chain between your teeth I should've taken the hint that This drive home alone would be its hardest So many afternoons were spent out by the lake Little was I to know you were skipping stones Into the side of my head Even in the summer you brought the rain to my place I took my seat on your chair without legs And always wondered why I fell I hate secrets, that's why I'll never f**ing keep them You told me to keep up, but I'm losing this conversation A steady dreamer; patience, please keep this at rest I used up all my sick days so I'm calling in dead