The Great Divide

I can′t recall the last time that we talked

About anything but lookin' out for cops

We got cigarette burns on the same side of our hands

But we ain′t friends,no,we're just morons

Who broke skin in the same spot

But I've never seen you take a turn that wide

And I′m high enough to still care if I die

So I tried to read the thoughts that you worked overtime to stop

You said back off, and I said nothing for a while

You know I think about you all the time

And my deep misunderstanding of your life

And how bad it must have been for you back then

And how hard it was to keep it all insid

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich

I hope you′re scared of only ordinariness

Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin

And not your soul, and what he might do with it

You inched yourself across the great divide

While we drove aimlessly along the Twin State line

I heard nothin' but the bass in every ballad that you′d play

While you swore to God the singer read your mind

But the world is scared of hesitatin' things

Yeah, they only shoot the birds who cannot sing

And I′m finally aware of how petty and unfair

It was to stare ahead like everything was fine

You know I think about you all the time

And my deep misunderstanding of your life

And how bad it must have been for you back then

And how hard it was to keep it all inside

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich (ah)

I hope you're scared of all the ordinariness (ah)

Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin (ah)

And not your soul and what He might do with it (ah)

Oh, Lord

Rage, and small ways

Did you wish that I could know

That you′d fade to some place

I wasn't brave enough to go

I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich

I hope you're scared of all the ordinariness

Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin

And not your soul and what He might do with it

Ah (ah), Lord

Ah

Ah (hey)

Ah (ah)

I hope you threw a brick right into that stained glass

I hope you′re with someone who isn′t scared to ask

I hope that you're not losing sleep ′bout what's next

Or about your soul and what He might do with it