I'm a little bit closer but I'm still out of reach 
Going backwards and forwards at the same time 
Isn't an easy thing 
This place is like quicksand 
and even sober I've had too many 
The wind is watching and waiting 
to finish me later 

Feels like I'm choking 
Then holds me 
and says 

Your money's time will come 
And I'll love you, until they split the atom 

She jumped head first in the river 
She was a west coast dream 
Nothing she did worked out 
Yet she seemed to know 
Everything 
The sun beats down just enough 
to be reminding 
The clouds shaped by the patterns 
of our memories 

The ones that keep our hearts beating 
Feels like I'm floating 
When she says 

Your money's time will come 
And I'll love you until they split the atom

Stevie Beatnix

I stumble on the bricks hoping to discover 
What it is, flips that switch 
Makes me so self-destructive towards others 

Pull down the liquor shade 
Throw my phone into the street 
'Cause what song 
Do you hum 
When the world's just so irritating? 

And I see people better themselves 
I see it all over the place 
Reflected in the quiet desperation 
On their face 

Everyone's got their own sense 
And their own sense of fear 
Everyone's got their own sense 
And their own sense of fear 

Go home, alone 
And start again 
No hope, no hope 
You try again, again, and again

It's Free Real Estate

We looked at some pictures 
Of us at camp 
When we were young 
And we laughed at the fact 
Neither one of us though 
We'd make it this far 

Boxes pile up 
From people moving all year long 
I've seen a million faces with a thousands more names 
But none seem to match 

Late nights, early mornings 
Sleepin' with the television on 
We'd rebel against just about anything 
When we'd say 

We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
We'll show them so 
We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
One day they'll know 

We got home after closing 
You put a dead format on 
I don't care about those Cowboys and Indies 
I just love that sound 

It was a nice night for heartbreak 
Cold and bright 
Do I think that I could live without you? 
Well that remains to be seen 

Wrapped in your survivor's quilt 
With everyone else already gone 
And there's only so much you can rebel against 
When you say 

We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
We will grown old 
We'll show them so 
We will never grow old 
We will never grow old 
We will never grown 
Well, so it goes

Survivor's Quilt

When she talked, I listened 
But when she dreamed, I shrugged 
She never asked all that much of me 
And I couldn't afford to give it to her 

It's the end of an era 
The earth goes and revolves around the sun 
Pretty girls get older, and 
I think about the lovers we were 

She came as a spondee 
but she couldn't stress enough 
I stayed as a novel 
overpaid but under read 
She's stoic and knows exactly when 
to stop smiling in pictures 
Oh, my sweet nothing(!) 
When will you come back again? 

It's the end of an era 
The earth did that thing where it revolved around the sun 
Pretty girls get older, and 
I flip off my finger at everyone 

She said "for once, forget your pride 
and take my advice. 
Go out, face your fears 
and experience life." 

"Go out, embrace everything."

Typical Friend

"You've got a certain sock-puppet ideology" 
she claimed as she killed her last cigarette 
She said "It's so hard to live in today's society. 
When we live in a post-post-post-post-post-modern world." 

She lives by word-association 
I think that's what makes her such a genius 
She has a dog named Gravity and when he greets you at the door 
Feels like he's never coming down, never coming down 

Is this what you need right now? 
I'm not so sure 
But snorting plaster of paris and drinking brake fluid 
Could be worse 
Yeah, well don't believe the hype 
It's not right, it's not right 
No not at all 
So don't believe the hype 
it's not right, it's not right 
No not at all 

They asked her why she came to work drunk 
She said "I just really wanna be employee of the month" 
She doesn't have time to subscribe to internet novelties 
She was a part of the first social network though 
it was called "underage drinking" 

When you're stuck in the past 
You become like half a person 
Part of you always looking back 
You'll never see the future coming, yeah? 
well don't believe the hype 
It's not right, it's not right 
No not at all 
So don't believe the hype 
it's not right, it's not right 
No not at all 

So don't believe the hype 
Just stand ina single file line 
And we'll follow that hype 
All the way home

Dog Named Gravity

First track off of the East of Youth EP

"This song's about two people, maybe."

Lyrics:
Snowflakes and rainbows 
El Dorado, cappuccino 
She's either from Columbus or Chicago 
Depends on what day you ask of her 

She spits out windows 
when other people are walking back 
And she's always crashing cymbals 
when I'm sleeping in 

Jess Clarks not impossible 
though her drive is improbable 
She keeps her nickels in a water bottle 
next to her 5 year old starter 

We got along, when we both longed 
We got along, when we both longed 

(Various Do's) 

Jess Clark you're adorable 
floating on your environmental hyperbole 
You know for someone who is so aware 
You really haven't a clue 

Jess Clark is incorrigible 
all she ever bakes are edibles 
She sees colors that aren't even there 
like what she sees in me 

We got along, when we both longed 
We got along, when we both longed 

(More Do's)

Jess Clark

Two hunks who formed a guitar pop band in Athens, Ohio