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And I won’t be connected
I won't be emotionally attached to you

Or be so easily infected
I won't let your negative attitude affect me

By the growing sense of self-inflected
By the feeling of dissatisfaction that you've created for yourself

Routine in your day
The repetitive and boring activities in your daily life

Could this be our night-long struggle
Is this a metaphor for our long-lasting conflict?

A metaphoric housing bubble
A metaphor for the temporary illusion of stability

Maybe you find a way to pass the hours
Perhaps you'll come up with something to do to kill time

Then make some happy end to it
Then wrap it up on a good note

A canon and a can of cold commingle
Two very different things juxtaposed together

Reminders of the day you went away
Things that remind me of when you were gone

Remember at your worst when you were single
Remember when you were at your lowest while being single

And at your best you seem to have had better days
You were at your prime and things were going well for you

Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Stealing and copying are morally wrong

There’s not much for you this summer
You don't have many things to do this summer

I guess you’ll be a local bummer
You'll probably be a downer to those around you

Maybe find a job that won’t take
Perhaps find a job that doesn't require

A genius not to do
A challenging task

And you may get arrested
You could be taken into police custody

Have your breath and your blood tested
You'll have to provide a sample of your breath and blood for testing

And be back out on the street
And released back onto the streets

Before your engine starts to cool
Before your car's engine has a chance to get cold

The months and weeks have passed into a year
Time has flown by and a year has passed

And your life has changed in some histrionic ways
Your life has undergone dramatic changes

A sentence passed is paraphrased in here
A judgment that was rendered is rephrased here

And you pick up trash in the rain beside the motorway
You're doing a menial job in poor weather conditions

I used to know your girlfriend
I was familiar with your previous girlfriend

Back when you used to have a girlfriend
When you were in a relationship

She was nice and you were not
She was a good person and you were not

But I was the big prick back then too
But I wasn't any better than you in the past

Now she’s had another baby
She's had another child

And her life has gone sub-urban
She's moved to a suburban area

And I wonder what she thinks of
I'm curious about what she thinks about

When she thinks back now of you
When she remembers you

Been better times for those who are in trouble
Hardship has been overcome by some in the past

And maybe there’ll be better times for you
Perhaps there will be a positive change in your future

The weight you’ve gained has made your head a bubble
The extra weight you've put on has made your head seem larger than normal

And your button eyes are brown and not her black and blue
Your eyes are brown and not like hers, which had dark circles around them

Well, no doubt I’ll see you later
I'll see you again for sure

You’ll have your reasons you still hate her
You'll have your reasons for still hating her

But my friend he says there is a change
My friend believes that you've changed

That’s been coming over you
That you've been experiencing

I admit there is a difference
I acknowledge that there's been a change

And I’ll submit to his assurance
And I'll trust his judgment

And I guess this is a night
And I suppose this is an evening

When things seem better than they were
When things appear to be improving compared to before