Cicadas Lyrics

Would you find it alarming?

Would you find it absurd?

I've given up being charming

I can't come up with the words

Saw you under the spotlight

You whispered into the mic

Fingerpicking your Mosrite

You couldn't open your eyes

So you couldn't tell that moment I fell

Now I've got a proposal

I'll paint you a picture, I'll write you a song

I'll make it a hit with the platinum blondes

I'll buy you a ring with the royalty checks

I'll teach you to sing with the voice in your chest

Everyone knows how the story unfolds

I die on the toilet at forty years old

You fight with the family to keep the estate

While I sit in heaven and wait

If we had met when we were babies

You think we would have been friends?

Grow up to watch the cicadas

17 year dream come to an end

I got a favor to ask you

When it's time for my wake

Plant a kiss on the casket

And kick me into the grave

And if Saint Peter says no

Then kill someone so you can join me

I'll paint you a picture, I'll write you a song

I'll make it a hit with the platinum blondes

I'll buy you a ring with the royalty checks

I'll teach you to sing with the voice in your chest

Everyone knows how the story unfolds

I die on the toilet at forty years old

You fight with the family to keep the estate

While I sit in hell and I wait