Cosplaying a Rebel Lyrics

It's the end of an era

We turned thirty in September

And you are still

Cosplaying as a rebel

We'll skip town for the weekend

And I'll live inside your plot line

But when it's over

Who will care about your slice of life?

Wasn't twenty-one and wasted

Just the greatest

And you say those days are sacred

And you chase them 'til you run out of

The drugs and paychecks

Telling of your misadventures

California summers and sunsets

But not mentioning the nights

You felt alone and aimless

And I know

I've always been

Your best supporting actor

And the nail on which you hang the portrait

Of your riveting main character

But I am real

And I'm making real moves

And it breaks my heart to watch

My 2020s Dorian Grey

Stealing the years away

From his own reputation

So if you wanna get drunk

And go camping

Then I'm game man

Our senior year

You left me alone in Portland

To go and fuck your way through Europe

You were feeling important

You wrote me a postcard from Florence

To say "I'm living the dream man

You won't believe what happened in Amsterdam

Really wish you were here man"

Well I wasn't

So at least now I can't miss it

And on your flight back home to Corvallis

Well I can only imagine that you

How you felt as if the best year of your life

Had now already happened

But just cause that's true

It does not mean your life is tragic

And in my silence in the dark you sense a question

Just how long do you plan to lose yourself

In alcoholic solipsism?

It's like I wished upon the monkey's paw

For the ressurection of my best friend

So for the last time you drive me back home

Cause something is broken that we both already know

But when you go I will watch you drive away

Through the fatomless divide

That is my living room window