Anthem of the Wanna-Be Selfless Lyrics

Staring out from my porch

The neighborhood's all lit up

The couple across the street already have their decorations out

Maybe I should decorate

Maybe I should ask for help

Maybe I should cultivate people I could ask for help from

Tired of failure

Tired of feeling like a ghost

Tired of being so incapable on my own

I'm breaking through

Breaking through

I'm breaking through

Breaking

It's getting to me

Getting to me

Are you scared of being alone

Cause I am

I am

Through all of the places I've been

All of the things that I've seen

It's not enough to put the pieces back together

I feel lost

These streetlights offer light but no warmth

Just illuminating the emptiness around me

An unnatural yellow hue

Separating me from what people see in their waking lives

What you must've seen when your dad would kick you out

Years ago, as you'd walk these streets isolated and alone

Losing my voice

Shouting these songs

Anthems of the regretful

Of the wanna-be selfless

And where was I

Where was I

After you were gone

All these months and for what

Just to fall apart

I feel like the pillars of this bridge

Are the last things holding me up

Keeping me from sinking

From sinking, from sinking

I can't lie

And say the impulse isn't there

But I've already spent so much of my life

Being selfish

I already can't sleep at night

Telling myself it's temporary

But I'm worried

The temporary might last forever

You know this wasn't

What I had planned

I'm sorry

Cal and Max

You know this wasn't

What I had wanted

I'm sorry

Mom and dad

Therapist

Annie

Coworkers

Girl across the street

It's okay

It's alright

It's okay

I'll keep trying

It's okay

It's alright

I'll restart

(It's okay)

A thousand times

(I'll keep trying)

(It's okay)

(It's alright)

(It's okay)

(I'll keep trying)

(It's okay)

(It's alright)

(It's okay)

You know

(I'll keep trying)

(It's okay)

(It's alright)

(It's okay)

(I'll keep trying)

(It's okay)

(It's alright)

(It's okay)

(I'll keep trying)

It's okay

It's alright

It's okay