who in this world is sadder than the Ice King? Lyrics

We grew up in old mining towns

One stoplight in the county

Its safe to say I spent some good ol' days

Just wanting you around me

Round here they call south of home "Up North"

And drive up to see the leaves

But behind the trees and fresh air to breathe

Is a whole lot of broken dreams

And anchors and age come quick to some

No choice but to put down roots

And the years look rougher on the faces of

Some of the kids back home, like you

But we were young and I was shy and I

Didn't know what to do

So I dropped you off at home

And left you lonely and confused

And I'm sorry for it

But I was too

See, there's somethin' 'bout little sad emo girls

From white-trash broken homes

That kept a boy like me intrigued

Latchkey free or so

Well I was raised to be a gentlemen

But rumors flew around and by the sound of it

You didn't put 'em out

And as a man thinking back on how you'd act

I know you wanted more and felt i let you down

I can't help but wonder if I'd had the nerve

You might've known the kind of love that you deserved

And wouldn't be stuck back in that wretched place

Baby-Daddy showing up nights shitfaced

Wanted to tell you, when your mama met the dirt

She weren't the type of mother your tears were worth

And you might've not wound up on the drugs

But then again maybe that would've been us