Polar Bear Club

The Bug Parade

Polar Bear Club


The lips I've been watching are yours 
You and your mom are talking about lord knows 
Dim lights in the kitchen, the TV's so low 
The lips I've been watching are moving slowly 

For the first time, I'm glad you're not including me 
I couldn't speak if you did, I'm staring at your lips 

The bugs at my back porch light, like confetti on my head 
This makes me shake, should have stayed at your place 
But I have to work, and you've got to study, this boy is not spent, forever unlucky 
Minutes away, but miles apart 

For the first time, I'm glad you're not including me 
I couldn't speak if you did, I'm staring at your lips 
I hope your mom isn't looking at me, and thinking "What the fuck's he staring at?" 
Of course, it's just these late night talks with you, late night drives alone 

And I'm finding I'm losing from straining and confusing 
I'm left awake, and I'm dead, defeated and dismissed 
I should have stayed with you 
Minutes away but miles apart