You had people who called you on unmarked numbersIn my peripheral visionI let it slide like a hose on a slippery plastic summerAll was quickly forgivenYou were so magnetic it was almost obnoxiousFlush with the currency of coolI was always turning out my empty pocketsAnd when it came to you
I didn’t come here to make friendsWe were born to be suburban legendsWhen you hold me, it holds me togetherAnd you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever
I had the fantasy that maybe our mismatched star signs would surprise the whole schoolWhen I ended up back at our class reunion walking in with youYou’d be more than a chapter in my old diaries with the pages ripped outI am standing in a 1950s gymnasium and I can still see you now
I didn’t come here to make friendsWe were born to be suburban legendsWhen you hold me, it holds me togetherAnd you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up foreverI know that you still rememberWe were born to be national treasuresWhen you told me we’d get back togetherAnd you kissed me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever
Tick-tock on the clockI pace down your blockI broke my own heart ’cause you were too polite to do itWaves crash on the shoreI dash to the doorYou don’t knock anymoreAnd my whole life’s ruinedTick-tock on the clockI pace down your blockI broke my own heart ’cause you were too polite to do itWaves crash to the shoreI dash to the doorYou don’t knock anymoreAnd I always knew itThat my life would be ruined
