The Last Good Thing
The Glorious Sons Lyrics

I saw her in the halls of that old high school
The singer spotted a woman in their old high school

She was as pretty as the sun on the morning dew
The woman was extremely beautiful

I never said a word I knew the boys had talked her silent
The singer didn't speak to her because he knew she had been bullied into silence by the boys

She had a look on her face like she hated the world
The woman appeared to despise everything around her

But it wasn't the look of an angry girl
Despite her expression, she did not appear to be angry

She looked like a woman that no one could catch crying
The woman seemed like someone who would never show vulnerability

I was nothing to her, she was too pretty for me
The singer didn't feel worthy of her attention because she was so beautiful

I was a dirtbag she was a jaded queen
The artist considered himself inferior to her and believed she was cynical

She moved east and I stuck around
The woman left town and the artist stayed

She was the last good thing, left in this town
The woman was the only positive thing the artist remembers about the town

I started working my father's shop
The singer began working at his father's store

I'd just waste his money and watch the clock
The artist wasn't productive at work and spent his time waiting for the day to end

I got a house on the highway filled with cracks and silence
The singer purchased a house that was rundown and quiet

I've been waiting for years
The singer has been waiting for something to change

I've been looking in mirrors, I've been dreaming of ways to run from here
The singer has been searching for a way to escape his current situation

I keep looking inside myself for something I'm not finding
The artist is searching within himself but not discovering what he's looking for

Well, every now and then she comes back around
Occasionally, the woman returns to town

And I see her sometimes when I go out
The singer encounters her when he's out in public

I just smile and nod and I hide in the crowd
The singer acknowledges her but doesn't engage with her because he feels insignificant compared to her

I remember being young, no, I didn't have a clue
The artist recalls his younger years when he was ignorant

That the ones I looked up to were just as confused
The artist realizes that the people he admired were also struggling

I remember knowing everything would be alright
The artist once believed that everything would work out

I wish I felt younger than I feel tonight
The singer wishes he still had the hope and optimism he had when he was younger

She was the last good thing, left in this town
Repetition of the idea that the woman was the only positive thing in the artist's memories of the town