Aware

Yeah
I'm aware
Yeah
I'm aware
I'm aware

Lately I been laying here awake
Watching old versions of me dissolve
Back when every song I wrote sounded like
A door I couldn't close
Now everybody nodding like
I cracked some kind of code
Reality I still got one foot
Somewhere back down the road
Don't pour the concrete yet
I got dirt under my nails
Too much road still humming in me
To park on the rails
If they doubt it
Fine
I'd rather let the years
Do the talking for a while

Everybody glowing now
Blue light through the dark
Whole world trying to climb inside your head
Before you say a word
Morning leaks through the blinds regardless
Like life don't care
What mood you woke up in

I'm aware
The heavy stuff don't keep
Loudest right before
It lets go of me
I'm aware
They cut the storms from paper
So I mind the gate
On whatever I let near
Turn it down
Step out past the doorway
Whole lotta people breathing
Not a lotta people here
It moves fast
I don't wanna blink and miss it
Maybe the timing
Was the part I had right all along

I'm aware
Everybody chasing something
Yeah
I'm aware
Some of them don't make it back out

Saw your picture glowing
Somewhere through the blue light
Everybody talking lately
Nobody saying much
Back when people showed up
You didn't have to ask twice
Now the room feels colder
Even when it's full
And I feel it too sometimes
Phone glowing in the dark
Like it knows exactly
Where my mind goes tired

Everybody wired in
Still missing each other clean

I'm aware
The heavy stuff don't keep
Loudest right before
It lets go of me
I'm aware
They cut the storms from paper
So I watch what I feed
The side of me that don't sleep
All of this scrolling
Isn't saving me
It moves fast
Already spent too much of mine
I quit waiting on the doorstep
Started walking out to meet the day

Whole world bottling outrage
Selling it back by the case
And the truth is
Most folks soften right up
Soon as the red light fades

I'm aware there's a chance
Even the long nights
Let the pressure off eventually
And there's something
Still warm under all the static
Busted-up world
And I'd still call it pretty
Turn it down
Plant your feet where you're standing
All of this is gonna be
A thing I used to carry
It moves fast
And I wanna feel the weight
Road kept rolling out ahead
So I went and walked it anyway

Yeah
I'm aware
The heavy stuff don't keep