Slow Cars

I used to stay up late

And turn the TV and the internet both up to eleven

It was a smokescreen for how

I used to wallow in the hollow sound of my shallow breathing

I used to sit and wait

For Fate to finally contemplate the cards that she was dealing

Me, I never saw fit to meet the blinds

I'd rather fold up tight and try to hide

And just hit to the

Ceiling

I like dead bars, I like slow cars

And I like red lights

I like slow bars, I like dead cars

And I like resolving fights

With words

I don't know what you've heard

But I've changed for the better

I've changed for the better

I used to stay up late

And drone on like a dial tone 'bout my lonely life in space

Drinking sweet lemons, eating sour grapes

When the starlight hit me harder than your fist into my face

I used to sit and wait

For the phone to break my cone of silence

Break me out my just-in-case

I used to eat to beat the band

But then my heart could hardly keep a beat

And my feet were stumbling in

Place

I like dead bars, I like slow cars

And I like red lights

I like slow bars, I like dead cars

And I like resolving fights

With words

I don't know what you've heard

But I've changed for the better

I've changed for the better

I know you've heard many awful things

And I know you're wondering

If I'm sorry for the man I've been

Or sorrier for the man I'm becoming

And time makes more change than a soda machine

But if you go for the cherry coke

Your life could be this sweet

And I've seen and done many awesome things

That I've become the one who keeps

Evolving

I like dead bars, I like slow cars

And I like red lights

I like slow bars, I like dead cars

And I like resolving fights

With words

I don't know what you've heard

But I've changed for the better

I've changed for the better

I've changed for the better (I have)

I've changed for the better (this time)

I've changed for the better (at last)

I've changed for the better (I'm fine)