2 Weeks In September Lyrics

Summer changed everything

I got caught so off guard that it's hard

Not to say that I would've given anything

For an explanation but I guess we're past that

I guess we're past tense but I keep havin' flashbacks

Of breakfast in Dedham, I guess I'm bein' nostalgic

All the drama we've caused, I'm picturing' life without it

But you brush it off and you paint a different portrait

You're careless with your words and my vision's been distorted

The sun's in my eyes and you drive too fast

In your passenger seat bracing myself for a crash

Smart enough to embrace this while it lasts

And dumb enough to think that it really had a chance

'Cause even with the writing on the wall

I'll never read between the lines

All I need is the truth

All I want is the lie

You hopped on a bus to New York and you left me behind

And just when I thought I'd get the chance to clear my mind

You sent me a text sayin' I broke your heart

And I tried not to give it too much thought

But we're in different parts of the world staring at the same sky

What I view in the mirror you don't see the same guy

Am I undervalued or over hyped?

It feels like both our lives changed overnight

And when I ask you for closure you ask me to get closer

And I oblige even though I know I'm not supposed to

You smile, you win, you know how to work me

I swear to God you bring out the worst me

'Cause even with the writing on the wall

I'll never read between the lines

All I need is the truth

All I want is the lie

Hand in hand in the car god damn I'm so faded

This moment is too much but it's everything that we've made it

I've obsessed over it, repeated and replayed it

Every second I savored

All the guilt I saved it

You weren't invited in my heart you just barged in

Far from a safe bet but baby I'm all in

Caution to the wind goin' against my better judgment

Livin' a tornado but dammit we both love it

In public we're awful, in private we're pyro

The plot twists are so cliché and recycled

Forget you, I'd like to

That really shouldn't surprise you

And I don't know if I just want out or inside you

But it's funny how a girl I loved for being so genuine

Has got herself a group of friends where she's content with blendin' in

And I heard you had some things to say about me

I guess I finally got a taste of my own medicine

But everyone who knows you knows a different you

You say I got the real one well where's the proof

Where's the truth?

Sittin' on the couch I'm tryin' to read your mind

'Cause everything we've been you're tryin' to redefine

And I know I said some things that might upset you

But fuck it I'm on two shots of whatever

For two weeks in September

I watched the Sox fall apart while I tried to pull myself together

And you'll never find anybody better

Who really understands, cares, loves, and accepts you

Let you get to close now we're too far apart

And the truth is I knew it'd be like this from the start

And you did too, why kid ourselves about it

There's leeway in love and we wouldn't be here without it

The Demri Love to my Layne Cobain

And lord knows I'll never be the same

'Cause even with the writing on the wall

I'll never read between the lines

All I need is the truth

All I want is the lie

Drivin' home as the sun comes up

In a car full of memories and cigarette butts

And I think of you and smile

Wonder where you are

And then I stop caring 'cause I'm glad that you're gone

I'm glad that there's space

It's the best approach

And I'm sure you'll downplay it like we were never that close

And I guess that makes sense

I'm sure I'll do the same

And try my best not to react when someone mentions your name

But I'll never forget that summer we were both so alive

All we needed was each other

All we had was time

The windows down and the music high

With nowhere to go, just along for the ride

'Cause even with the writing on the wall

I'll never read between the lines

All I need is the truth

All I want is your lies