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Muna Lyrics

I would swear I'd never plan again
I promised myself I would never make a plan again.

But I can see the irony
It's ironic that I made that promise, given what's happening now.

I'm humbled by the passing of time
Time has made me feel smaller and more humble.

I am brought down onto my knees
It's made me feel like I've been knocked down onto my knees.

An Arizona half and half
I am drinking an Arizona half and half tea or lemonade.

A half a pack of cigarettes
I've smoked half a pack of cigarettes.

A vacant lot, my tangled thoughts
I'm standing in a vacant lot with my thoughts all jumbled up.

Suburbia give me my God again
I'm asking for the comfort and certainty of religion, which suburbia can provide.

All senses say, nothing has changed
Everything looks the same and my senses tell me that nothing has changed.

The soft lines from the streetlights fall the same on my face
The light from the streetlights is the same as it always was, casting soft shadows on my face.

But something massive happened here
Although everything seems the same, something big has changed.

I can feel it in the atmosphere
I can sense that something significant has changed, even though I don't know what it is.

Something false that once was true
Something that used to be true is now false.

I no longer revolve around you
I am no longer centered around you.

And the house still stands where it was built
The house where we spent time together is still standing.

I know 'cause I drove by tonight
I drove by the house and saw that it was still standing.

A candle in the bedroom
There is a candle burning in the bedroom.

Where I once performed a holy rite
That's where we used to be intimate.

And I did stop to hang my head
I stopped and hung my head, feeling regretful.

Just for a moment at the light
I only stopped for a moment, at a traffic light.

'Cause now the altar is a bed
That sacred space has become just a regular bed.

And now you're just a friend that once was mine
You're no longer my lover, just a friend I used to be intimate with.

Oh civilian, idling along
Addressing a stranger, I ask how they can be content when the world is so messed up.

How can you understand that there's a whole world gone wrong?
Do you understand that everything in the world is broken?

How can I try to be civilized
I'm trying to act like a civilized person.

When inside there is a shift in paradigm
But inside, there's been a huge shift in how I see things.

And everything we built, we built on our love
Our relationship was the foundation for everything we've achieved.

Everything spinning on one assumption
Everything was based on the assumption that we would always be together.

How can I try to say sorry
I'm trying to apologize.

When my words don't carry the same gravity
But my words don't have the same weight they used to.

And everything I say, I say it knowing
I'm aware that my words won't make things right.

Full well you still don't want to believe
I know that you don't want to hear what I have to say.

I no longer revolve around you
I am no longer centered around you.