Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Still Lost by American Arson

The Seeds & The Soil by American Arson

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Still Lost
by American Arson

Album: The Seeds & The Soil

I hear the revelers cheer as they count it down
I pull the door closed but it can't erase the sound
So I put on a Rival Summers song
And lie awake wondering where it all went wrong
I think of California, where we got burned
Of Carolina, and all I've learned
Of plans we made, and how they'll never be

So I go on, but I don't grow up, I just keep growing older
And they'll move on, they'll forget my name it'll all get painted over

So they pump up the kids with the big big dreams
But they don't say nothin' 'bout what it means
To come up short, and hear the winter wind roar
"Just cash it in, boys, cash it in
Quit picking these fights, you'll never win
Head due north to the Mighty Mac
Just run, boys, run, you can never go back, oh no"

So I go on, but I don't grow up
I just keep growing older
And they'll move on, they'll forget my name
It'll all get painted over

A bonfire in the backyard
Nights walking in the Georgia streets
They made me believe

So I go on, but I don't grow up
I just keep growing older
And they'll move on, they'll forget my name
It'll all get painted over

(Some days I wake up
And all I taste is dirt between my teeth
I know that I've landed face down
And everyone can see
All of my back-alley brawls with all my inconsistencies
My every failure displayed in my museum of defeat)

(I'm moving forward, I've got this fire in my chest
I'm moving forward now)

(I've got a rogue soul, and a runaway heartbeat
And I won't go home 'til all my...)

(We build our fortresses up, we spend our lives defending
I'm setting fire to mine, I'm tired of pretending)