Sucks You're Not Here

Every Other Year

Compositor: Dylan Naoki Nakayama / Jordan Teck Alexander / Matthew John Arsenault / Michael Tyler Stites

So fire away
When there’s nothing left to save
And as the shots ring out
Would you think about that night
When we were running away
With the promises we made
Now we’re going under
I wish you could

Stay awhile, smell the roses
Don’t know how I didn’t notice
They’re beautiful this year
Still sucks that you’re not here
I can’t ask if you forgive me
It’s not enough to say I'm sorry
Nothing left to fear
Still sucks that you’re not here tonight

I never thought it’d be so jaded
We reached the bottom of the drain we’ve been circling
Should I have looked internally
While I was looking for a sign
And I can’t blame you for the times that we were wasted
The ship was sinking we were too careless to save it
And looking back it’s clear we never would’ve made it out
When it all came crashing down
I guess you reap what you sow
So why don’t you just

Stay awhile, smell the roses
Don’t know how I didn’t notice
They’re beautiful this year
Still sucks that you’re not here
I can’t ask if you forgive me
It’s not enough to say I'm sorry
Nothing left to fear
Still sucks that you’re not here tonight
Your subtle inflections
You still haunt me like a ghost
Don’t forget to mention
The reason I'm alone is mine alone
And so it goes

Stay awhile, sme
Ll the roses
Don’t know how I didn’t notice
They’re beautiful this year
Still sucks that you’re not here
I can’t ask if you forgive me
It’s not enough to say I'm sorry
Nothing left to fear
Still sucks that you’re not here tonight