Straight Edge? Lyrics

(Straight edge

Quit while I'm ahead)

I'm at a crossroads in my life

As I look back with full hindsight

Thinking about all the misdeeds that I have done

In just a few days I'll be only twenty-one

Precious son, not quite sheltered but never exposed

To the world outside my closed-off room

But that's what I chose to do

This is all so new to me

The kind of fucked-up funny chemically-induced feeling

That lots of people in my life take part in

And I'm presented with a choice

That I never thought I'd have to make

Do I need more than music to get high?

Should I go straight edge?

Should I quit while I'm ahead?

It's a concept that I've flirted with more than I've ever flirted with a one-night

Stand-off inside my muddled head

Cause I know I like my drink too much

To give it up as I keep losing friends and touch

I had some time to kill so I took that time to learn about

These substances that ruin lives as close to firsthand as I could

And I concluded that there might be merit to the need to be intoxicated

I never saw that coming

Cause I spent a lot of time declaring my uncomfortableness

At the thought of someone that I care about lighting up a joint

And the hypocrite in me still thinks that's wrong

While I am passed out on the floor with an empty bottle in my hand

Empty bottle in my hand

I can't believe what's happening to me

I thought I'd be a lot more upset

About this very sudden change to my mindset

After breaking all my rules, not breaking a sweat

No longer see losing control as a real threat

Should I go straight edge

Should I quit while I'm ahead?

It's a concept that I've flirted with more than I've ever flirted with a one-night

Stand-off inside my muddled head

Cause I know I like my drink too much

To give it up as I keep losing friends and touch

I don't wanna go that far

But I'm starting to think there's no middle ground

Is there even such a thing as moderation?

And do I really wanna know?

Should I go straight edge?

Should I quit while I'm ahead?

It's a concept that I've flirted with more than I've ever flirted with a one-night

Stand-off inside my muddled head

Cause I know I like my drink too much

To give it up as I keep losing friends and touch

(Straight Edge)

I keep losing friends and touch

(Quit while I'm ahead)

I keep losing friends and touch

(Straight Edge)

I keep on losing friends and touch

(Quit while I'm ahead)

I keep losing friends and touch...