Bright Lines Lyrics

Tied up in lies

We bind ourselves up on our own

Pretend that we're fine

Cover the scars and the broken bones

Put ourselves on display

Then we regret it

Nihilistic, desperate, pathetic

They spare us this time

They think we know something they don't know

I wish we did but we don't

We read the right books

Did the work but we didn't bleed

We want them to like us

So we took black and whites at the beach

We use all the right words

Still they go at it

With no nuance

Monochromatic

Careful what you say

It could be next year's heresy

And so we try to breathe

To fall back to sleep

Running from radio waves

And the American dream

They put a hate machine

Outside the the gate

And let us pull it inside and forget

And so we try to breathe

To fall back to sleep

We're numb from radio waves

And the chemical stream

Magnetic fields aligned

To make us lose our minds

They say it's better this way

Pick a team and commit

You'll get your worldview customized

They say they move fast and break things so we can have better lives

All your thoughts are for sale but you won't profit

You get likes, they get paid but you can't stop it

Here we are now

Entertain us with our own demise

And so we try to breathe

To fall back to sleep

Running from radio waves

And the American dream

They put a hate machine

Outside the the gate, aware

That we would pull it inside

And then forget it was there

And so we try to breathe

And fall back to sleep

We're numb from radio waves

And the chemical stream

Magnetic fields aligned

To make us lose our minds

They say it's better this way

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

There's no money left in the truth

And so we try to breathe

To fall back to sleep

Running from radio waves

And the American dream

They put a hate machine

Outside the the gate

And let us pull it inside and forget

And so we try to breathe

But we're half asleep

Numb from radio waves

And the chemical stream

Magnetic fields aligned

To make us lose our minds

They say it's better this way

And so we try to find

Color in black and white

We try to tune out the outrage machine

Every night

Dragging ourselves along

We need a rebel song

To snap us out of this daze

Then something wakes in me

And I'm remembering

Hearing the stereo play

Old songs on repeat

So we try to breathe

But we're half asleep

Running from radio waves

Remember when we all stayed up until dawn

When we listened to albums and not just to songs

Remember when we all saw the same bright line

Remember when we all shared the same lies

Remember when we all shared the same lies

Remember when we all shared the same lies

Remember when we all shared the same lies

Remember when we all shared the same lies