Babyboy

from The Grieving Young by Former Vandal

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Developing dependencies
It’s a soft-focus fever dream
Nostalgia for the worst of me
It gets heavy with our truancy

“Would you quit for me?
Baby boy, would you quit for me?
You’re breathing short and sleeping more
Baby, would you quit for me?
Baby boy, would you quit for me?”
Well, what for? Either/or?
One more we’ll leave

Enamored by my cheap mystique
You used to think I was cool
Now you’re worried bout me
A little late, a touch naive
But I love a good car crash devotee

“Would you quit for me?
Baby boy, would you quit for me?”
Well, what for? One more

You said
“Easy does it. Oh, just simmer down
You got two more years til we figure this out.”
Well, easy does it, oh, but stick around
You know I’m way too young to think right now
I know I look so pretty when I lose my head
So baby, humor me a minute
Before you find it again
Easy does it, oh, but stick around
You know I’m way too young to think right now

Uncover your affinity
For these sacrificial tendencies
You got a taste for whiskey neat
And washing my blood from bathroom sinks

“Would you quit for me?
Baby boy, would you quit for me?”
Well, don’t lie, you love the low life

We’re going over fate’s head
But we look damn good while we’re doing it
Don’t cry, don’t get so upset
We’re young, harsh, reckless
But not a problem yet

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from The Grieving Young, released October 30, 2018

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