Long Road

Of course it's a long road But you don't care about the unknowns If you walk ahead of me I'd rather be alone While I still have choice over who loves me and who follows me around I was never gonna be the one who makes sure you're found We'll be back here with our families all crying on the couch By this time next year We'll be back here no matter what they say or what they've learned The things they still believe will find their way through the words that you taught them They'll still love us the same ways, haven't you heard? Cause I've heard nothing but bad things I've heard nothing but bad things You are not a hero I hoped you would refuse the call You got so far ahead because you don't know better at all while I still have choices before the options are taken and it's all on me I was never gonna be the one to tell you to breathe Sometimes I look at you and wonder how you're still alive It's less safe than it was less hopeful than before our time When you jumped from that burning building did you put in the work so someone will Catch you Or are you not hitting the ground because you don't look down you never look down I hear nothing but bad things I hear nothing but bad things About you and what you're going through And if today I have hope Tomorrow I probably won't I'd rather live in black-and-white Than need to keep you in my sight And though our time may run out Before this song will come out I've found nothing but bad things I've heard nothing but bad things I live my life by good advice how can you be so reckless I live my life just wanting to fill out somebody's checklist I live my life just to get in some higher-up's good graces Watch you get chewed out and chewed up, how did you think you could face it?