An Ode - Mat Kerekes

I can feel my heartbeat drawn to the beat of another one

Standing in the doorway, tryna block the daylight before it comes

And you look so wonderful

Sleeping through the afternoon

As she’s getting older, the promise of a future is all she wants

Spending all her time down by the water with a former love

Now all of those friends have grown up

No, you wouldn’t recognize one

And that place that she knew, well it is no more

There is something in the air this Friday night

A blanket draped over the sky

Do you ever miss it?

The destruction of your innocence

Coasting through the airways, arms hanging low to water the roots

Living with some old hurt, I am just a poor boy you talk to

They don’t care about you like I do, no, no one can tell me different

When it unraveled in front of you, you expected so much more

He’s on the clock workin' nine to five

Paid his bills on time, still he don’t feel right

And do you ever miss it?

The things you loved when you were a kid

And do you ever miss it?

Your parent’s love that spread too thin

And we’re getting close

There it goes, another one down

There’s another one down

We’re getting close

There it goes, another one down

There’s another one down

And we’re getting close

And do you ever miss it?

The chances you’ll never get again