Good Times
Pianos Become the Teeth Lyrics

You're laying here with a beds eye view of a body that no longer belongs to you
You are lying in bed, looking at your own body that doesn't feel like it belongs to you anymore.

You're scared that the past 3 haven't lived past their 60's and if you break the trend,
You are afraid that you will not live past your 60s because the last three members of your family did not.

You'll just end up like the old folks at Roland and 3939,
You fear that you will end up like the old people at a certain location.

You're scared because you're an army brat of a man who died before his time.
You are scared because your father was a soldier who died young.

I miss those summers, that grill smell, home cooked meals, take me back,
You miss the good times of the past like summer, the smell of grilling food, and home-cooked meals, and want to go back to those times.

Sleeping like a log, healing so fast,
You remember how you used to sleep soundly and heal quickly when you were young.

But losing you, I learned to lose my youth, lose my spirit, and now I can't hear it anymore,
You lost someone important, and this loss took away your youth and spirit, and you can't feel it anymore.

And I guess that's life
You acknowledge that this is just a part of life.

Back then our body parts stayed in place,
In the past, your body stayed in better condition.

We kept up with our own hearts,
You were able to keep up with your own heart and emotions.

It was so easy to temper the sting,
You were able to handle pain or difficult situations more easily.

Just be fixed by a quick dip back in some old neighbor's swimming pool
Going for a swim in a neighbor's pool was enough to make you feel better.

Now I'm just worn out, and I’ll ache like this forever I think,
Now, you feel tired and will likely experience chronic pain for a long time.

These shoddy drapes refuse to keep the cold out
The drapes in your room aren't doing their job at keeping you warm.

And this damn body can't keep the warmth in,
Your body is unable to hold onto warmth.

I'm watching my hairline recede, I'm drinking fatigue, I'm fighting heredity
You are noticing physical changes like hair loss and feeling tired more easily, and trying to fight against your genetics.

I see less of who I love the most, time's getting away,
You are seeing less of the people you love, and time is moving too quickly.

And we're so slow to say how fast it goes,
You and others are slow to realize just how quickly time is passing.

I'm just looking for what's coming, what's built in the blood
You are searching for what is going to happen next, something that may be inevitable because of your genetics.

But I’ve never been that sure of anything anyway
You have never been sure about anything in the first place.

And I don't want to heal, I'm just about the perfect amount to look how I feel
You don't want to heal from your pain because it matches how you feel on the inside.

And I think about you laying there, waiting for her to get back,
You think about someone else who is lying there, waiting for a loved one to return.

I think about your last 3 breaths and I wonder if you knew,
You think about the last moments of someone's life and wonder if they were aware of what was happening.

I think about letting you go
You are considering letting go of something or someone.

And I guess that's life.
You come to the realization that this is just a part of life.