Did You Hear About Your Friends in California? - The American Scene

Well, did your first love leave you thinking

The summer air would never taste the same?

And after months that you spend sinking

You swear you’ll never feel that way again

But, aren’t you just so tired, tired of sleeping alone?

The whole world’s on fire, fire and you can feel it in your bones

But, trust me

It gets hard enough to just breathe without you here

I traded best friends in for distance and a sense of something real

But, I could never change the way you make me feel

I’d rather bury myself alive than watch you

Bury yourself in someone else’s wasted time

'cause we were never wastin' time

I’ve become so disconnected

I’m not exactly sure who’s to blame

But, I’ve been thinkin' it’s got something

To do with the fact that everyone I know feels the same

Yeah, everybody’s only makin' up for lost time, makin' up for lost time

While I’m stuck at the part where I can’t figure just what to do with mine

But, trust me

There’s still no place that I’d rather be than right here

I traded best friends in for distance and a sense of something real

But, I could never change the way you make me feel

I’d rather bury myself alive than watch you

Bury yourself in someone else’s wasted time

'cause we were never wastin' time

And I’ve been takin' this slow

Making sure everyone knows

Exactly what you’re missing, just exactly what I’m missing

If I’m a melancholy work of art, you’re what’s tearing away and down my heart

One day I’ll cut this whole world loose and I’ll feel free again

I traded best friends in for distance and a sense of something real

But, I could never change the way you make me feel

I’d rather bury myself alive than watch you

Bury yourself in someone else’s wasted time

'cause we were never wastin' time