Jenny, You'Re Barely Alive - Rilo Kiley

And it’s all the treasures

That shine in the street

As we drive right over them

And it’s all the mornings

We missed for sleep

As the sun glides over our apartment

And it’s all the subtle change

In landscape and business

Reminds you of your limited time

This time you’ll listen

To the movement of your body

How it keeps on to spite you

And it frightens you

Cause you’re barely alive

You’re desperate in finding

Something else to please you

You’ve been searching your whole life

Something to mute

Change, or just distract you

Something to put inside you

To give the illusion of life

Cause you’ve always been barely alive

Cause you’re barely alive

You’ve always been barely alive

Have you not?

And the greatest mistake

That you ever did make

With your arms by your side

Left it up to fate

And the coast that you’ve seen

Though you’re watching them weekly

You’ve cursed all perfect days

As you walked away

I can hear you say

«Jenny, you’re barely alive»

The metal rods you put in

Your fucking jaw

To keep you from grinding

Your teeth every night

Because you’re barely alive

You’ve always been barely alive

Because you’re barely alive

Always been barely alive