letter for my freshman self
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Yeah
Dear Max
Your letter found me safe in good health
I'm glad you wrote, I saw your photos you don't look well
I remember that resentment feelin' like you're set up to fail
Or else some doubt, don't have to spell it out I kinda could tell
I hear the anxiousness, it's in the way your phrasing is
I hear the hate towards the way that you're complacent with
Going through the motions, never posting, you're stretched paper thin
But I could tell you what's to come and what to make of it
You gon' spend the summer lookin' at the clock a lot
The surgeries ensure you really ever got to toss
All your shit in organized piles, you just wander off
Lost in your thoughts 'til it dawns on you, you're proper lost
You try and find yourself in music same as ever
And then by the power of circumstance a bunch of other people
At this school party hear about what you'd been making
And that's what gonna finally start a fucking conversation
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
New friends appear like siblings that were long-lost
You watch 'em snicker while you fib to all the mall cops
Watchin' your walls dissolve quicker than a frog hops
You've been a new you ever since the ball dropped
Sad recollections fade 'til you forget to fret
So it's atonement this the future you were meant to get
And while the laughs sound in the background you resurrect
All of that ambition you convinced yourself you left for dead
So let yourself enjoy your passable performances
At play practice, stay mad turning homework in
Mic recording vocals, writer's block is all but over with
Jot what's on your noggin' 'til you poppin' ร la soda fizz
No second thought to give cause fortune on your side now
Pencil tip it never slips
No print to tint in white-out
See the light with dry eyes, there's nothing much to cry about
If the sky caves in we'd still enjoy the night out
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
By the spring you're gonna wanna fucking kill yourself
No way to sugarcoat it, you gon' wanna kill yourself
Built a foundation and you blinked and all the pillars fell
Story doesn't go on you're stuck in fucking filler hell
You had tried your best the world changed around you
And you lost a little hearing, we were taking it for granted
Judgmental panic rather choke than be a hypocrite
Shoved back to square one, lonesome on the internet
Go to sleep at four, open up your eyes at noon
Appetites in hiding, feel like dying from a bite of food
Mind likes to liken you to heinous, wicked people
Only visible part of the world is ways the shit is evil
Fighting with your dad, fighting with yourself more
You not helping shit when self-pity overwhelms
Your ability to think or act
You gon' let it kick your ass
And everyone is worse off so I guess it's tit-for-tat
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
But you need to know you turn it all around, Max
If I can teach you anything it's "this too shall pass"
You feel like an outcast and I'ma come to terms with it
You gon' take some bad cuts, and I'll apply the tourniquet
Once you're through the worst of it you're havin fun at school again
Or walking round stores in a pack among your stupid friends
Don't worry 'bout your ears, you know bout panning audio
You gon' meet a girl that loves you more than you thought possible
I'm proud to tell you our guitar playing ain't as ass
Acceptance letters here, breathe and take some paces back
Here's how to make a track: Shut up about ambition
Think who'd want you to value that why would you wanna listen
You loved to draw 'til you were fucked by the luck of it
But that part of us is healing up we still in touch with it
So try to get a fucking grip and hold your pen tighter
I'm telling you for certain down the road it gets nicer
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Dear Max
Your letter found me safe in good health
I'm glad you wrote, I saw your photos you don't look well
I remember that resentment feelin' like you're set up to fail
Or else some doubt, don't have to spell it out I kinda could tell
I hear the anxiousness, it's in the way your phrasing is
I hear the hate towards the way that you're complacent with
Going through the motions, never posting, you're stretched paper thin
But I could tell you what's to come and what to make of it
You gon' spend the summer lookin' at the clock a lot
The surgeries ensure you really ever got to toss
All your shit in organized piles, you just wander off
Lost in your thoughts 'til it dawns on you, you're proper lost
You try and find yourself in music same as ever
And then by the power of circumstance a bunch of other people
At this school party hear about what you'd been making
And that's what gonna finally start a fucking conversation
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
New friends appear like siblings that were long-lost
You watch 'em snicker while you fib to all the mall cops
Watchin' your walls dissolve quicker than a frog hops
You've been a new you ever since the ball dropped
Sad recollections fade 'til you forget to fret
So it's atonement this the future you were meant to get
And while the laughs sound in the background you resurrect
All of that ambition you convinced yourself you left for dead
So let yourself enjoy your passable performances
At play practice, stay mad turning homework in
Mic recording vocals, writer's block is all but over with
Jot what's on your noggin' 'til you poppin' ร la soda fizz
No second thought to give cause fortune on your side now
Pencil tip it never slips
No print to tint in white-out
See the light with dry eyes, there's nothing much to cry about
If the sky caves in we'd still enjoy the night out
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
By the spring you're gonna wanna fucking kill yourself
No way to sugarcoat it, you gon' wanna kill yourself
Built a foundation and you blinked and all the pillars fell
Story doesn't go on you're stuck in fucking filler hell
You had tried your best the world changed around you
And you lost a little hearing, we were taking it for granted
Judgmental panic rather choke than be a hypocrite
Shoved back to square one, lonesome on the internet
Go to sleep at four, open up your eyes at noon
Appetites in hiding, feel like dying from a bite of food
Mind likes to liken you to heinous, wicked people
Only visible part of the world is ways the shit is evil
Fighting with your dad, fighting with yourself more
You not helping shit when self-pity overwhelms
Your ability to think or act
You gon' let it kick your ass
And everyone is worse off so I guess it's tit-for-tat
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
But you need to know you turn it all around, Max
If I can teach you anything it's "this too shall pass"
You feel like an outcast and I'ma come to terms with it
You gon' take some bad cuts, and I'll apply the tourniquet
Once you're through the worst of it you're havin fun at school again
Or walking round stores in a pack among your stupid friends
Don't worry 'bout your ears, you know bout panning audio
You gon' meet a girl that loves you more than you thought possible
I'm proud to tell you our guitar playing ain't as ass
Acceptance letters here, breathe and take some paces back
Here's how to make a track: Shut up about ambition
Think who'd want you to value that why would you wanna listen
You loved to draw 'til you were fucked by the luck of it
But that part of us is healing up we still in touch with it
So try to get a fucking grip and hold your pen tighter
I'm telling you for certain down the road it gets nicer
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
Is it nicer down the road?
Is it brighter as we go?
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.81] Yeah
[00:13.95] Dear Max
[00:14.78] Your letter found me safe in good health
[00:17.13] I'm glad you wrote, I saw your photos you don't look well
[00:20.07] I remember that resentment feelin' like you're set up to fail
[00:23.76] Or else some doubt, don't have to spell it out I kinda could tell
[00:27.19] I hear the anxiousness, it's in the way your phrasing is
[00:30.82] I hear the hate towards the way that you're complacent with
[00:33.96] Going through the motions, never posting, you're stretched paper thin
[00:37.47] But I could tell you what's to come and what to make of it
[00:40.85] You gon' spend the summer lookin' at the clock a lot
[00:44.26] The surgeries ensure you really ever got to toss
[00:47.41] All your shit in organized piles, you just wander off
[00:50.87] Lost in your thoughts 'til it dawns on you, you're proper lost
[00:54.23] You try and find yourself in music same as ever
[00:57.10] And then by the power of circumstance a bunch of other people
[01:00.87] At this school party hear about what you'd been making
[01:03.96] And that's what gonna finally start a fucking conversation
[01:09.92] Is it nicer down the road?
[01:17.01] Is it brighter as we go?
[01:23.65] Is it nicer down the road?
[01:30.42] Is it brighter as we go?
[01:35.17] New friends appear like siblings that were long-lost
[01:38.31] You watch 'em snicker while you fib to all the mall cops
[01:41.47] Watchin' your walls dissolve quicker than a frog hops
[01:44.68] You've been a new you ever since the ball dropped
[01:48.40] Sad recollections fade 'til you forget to fret
[01:51.48] So it's atonement this the future you were meant to get
[01:54.61] And while the laughs sound in the background you resurrect
[01:58.33] All of that ambition you convinced yourself you left for dead
[02:01.71] So let yourself enjoy your passable performances
[02:04.82] At play practice, stay mad turning homework in
[02:08.28] Mic recording vocals, writer's block is all but over with
[02:11.41] Jot what's on your noggin' 'til you poppin' ร la soda fizz
[02:15.36] No second thought to give cause fortune on your side now
[02:18.56] Pencil tip it never slips
[02:19.85] No print to tint in white-out
[02:22.15] See the light with dry eyes, there's nothing much to cry about
[02:25.39] If the sky caves in we'd still enjoy the night out
[02:31.32] Is it nicer down the road?
[02:37.83] Is it brighter as we go?
[02:44.74] Is it nicer down the road?
[02:51.58] Is it brighter as we go?
[02:56.03] By the spring you're gonna wanna fucking kill yourself
[02:58.90] No way to sugarcoat it, you gon' wanna kill yourself
[03:02.32] Built a foundation and you blinked and all the pillars fell
[03:05.54] Story doesn't go on you're stuck in fucking filler hell
[03:09.59] You had tried your best the world changed around you
[03:12.17] And you lost a little hearing, we were taking it for granted
[03:16.06] Judgmental panic rather choke than be a hypocrite
[03:19.49] Shoved back to square one, lonesome on the internet
[03:23.03] Go to sleep at four, open up your eyes at noon
[03:26.28] Appetites in hiding, feel like dying from a bite of food
[03:29.46] Mind likes to liken you to heinous, wicked people
[03:32.55] Only visible part of the world is ways the shit is evil
[03:36.53] Fighting with your dad, fighting with yourself more
[03:39.65] You not helping shit when self-pity overwhelms
[03:42.55] Your ability to think or act
[03:44.61] You gon' let it kick your ass
[03:46.47] And everyone is worse off so I guess it's tit-for-tat
[03:52.27] Is it nicer down the road?
[03:59.11] Is it brighter as we go?
[04:05.79] Is it nicer down the road?
[04:12.65] Is it brighter as we go?
[04:17.31] But you need to know you turn it all around, Max
[04:20.23] If I can teach you anything it's "this too shall pass"
[04:23.61] You feel like an outcast and I'ma come to terms with it
[04:26.77] You gon' take some bad cuts, and I'll apply the tourniquet
[04:30.50] Once you're through the worst of it you're havin fun at school again
[04:33.39] Or walking round stores in a pack among your stupid friends
[04:37.39] Don't worry 'bout your ears, you know bout panning audio
[04:40.42] You gon' meet a girl that loves you more than you thought possible
[04:44.04] I'm proud to tell you our guitar playing ain't as ass
[04:47.28] Acceptance letters here, breathe and take some paces back
[04:50.65] Here's how to make a track: Shut up about ambition
[04:53.24] Think who'd want you to value that why would you wanna listen
[04:57.41] You loved to draw 'til you were fucked by the luck of it
[05:00.69] But that part of us is healing up we still in touch with it
[05:04.02] So try to get a fucking grip and hold your pen tighter
[05:07.29] I'm telling you for certain down the road it gets nicer
[05:13.26] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:20.33] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:26.82] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:33.43] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:40.69] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:47.18] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:54.05] Is it nicer down the road?
[06:00.64] Is it brighter as we go?
[06:05.81]
[00:13.95] Dear Max
[00:14.78] Your letter found me safe in good health
[00:17.13] I'm glad you wrote, I saw your photos you don't look well
[00:20.07] I remember that resentment feelin' like you're set up to fail
[00:23.76] Or else some doubt, don't have to spell it out I kinda could tell
[00:27.19] I hear the anxiousness, it's in the way your phrasing is
[00:30.82] I hear the hate towards the way that you're complacent with
[00:33.96] Going through the motions, never posting, you're stretched paper thin
[00:37.47] But I could tell you what's to come and what to make of it
[00:40.85] You gon' spend the summer lookin' at the clock a lot
[00:44.26] The surgeries ensure you really ever got to toss
[00:47.41] All your shit in organized piles, you just wander off
[00:50.87] Lost in your thoughts 'til it dawns on you, you're proper lost
[00:54.23] You try and find yourself in music same as ever
[00:57.10] And then by the power of circumstance a bunch of other people
[01:00.87] At this school party hear about what you'd been making
[01:03.96] And that's what gonna finally start a fucking conversation
[01:09.92] Is it nicer down the road?
[01:17.01] Is it brighter as we go?
[01:23.65] Is it nicer down the road?
[01:30.42] Is it brighter as we go?
[01:35.17] New friends appear like siblings that were long-lost
[01:38.31] You watch 'em snicker while you fib to all the mall cops
[01:41.47] Watchin' your walls dissolve quicker than a frog hops
[01:44.68] You've been a new you ever since the ball dropped
[01:48.40] Sad recollections fade 'til you forget to fret
[01:51.48] So it's atonement this the future you were meant to get
[01:54.61] And while the laughs sound in the background you resurrect
[01:58.33] All of that ambition you convinced yourself you left for dead
[02:01.71] So let yourself enjoy your passable performances
[02:04.82] At play practice, stay mad turning homework in
[02:08.28] Mic recording vocals, writer's block is all but over with
[02:11.41] Jot what's on your noggin' 'til you poppin' ร la soda fizz
[02:15.36] No second thought to give cause fortune on your side now
[02:18.56] Pencil tip it never slips
[02:19.85] No print to tint in white-out
[02:22.15] See the light with dry eyes, there's nothing much to cry about
[02:25.39] If the sky caves in we'd still enjoy the night out
[02:31.32] Is it nicer down the road?
[02:37.83] Is it brighter as we go?
[02:44.74] Is it nicer down the road?
[02:51.58] Is it brighter as we go?
[02:56.03] By the spring you're gonna wanna fucking kill yourself
[02:58.90] No way to sugarcoat it, you gon' wanna kill yourself
[03:02.32] Built a foundation and you blinked and all the pillars fell
[03:05.54] Story doesn't go on you're stuck in fucking filler hell
[03:09.59] You had tried your best the world changed around you
[03:12.17] And you lost a little hearing, we were taking it for granted
[03:16.06] Judgmental panic rather choke than be a hypocrite
[03:19.49] Shoved back to square one, lonesome on the internet
[03:23.03] Go to sleep at four, open up your eyes at noon
[03:26.28] Appetites in hiding, feel like dying from a bite of food
[03:29.46] Mind likes to liken you to heinous, wicked people
[03:32.55] Only visible part of the world is ways the shit is evil
[03:36.53] Fighting with your dad, fighting with yourself more
[03:39.65] You not helping shit when self-pity overwhelms
[03:42.55] Your ability to think or act
[03:44.61] You gon' let it kick your ass
[03:46.47] And everyone is worse off so I guess it's tit-for-tat
[03:52.27] Is it nicer down the road?
[03:59.11] Is it brighter as we go?
[04:05.79] Is it nicer down the road?
[04:12.65] Is it brighter as we go?
[04:17.31] But you need to know you turn it all around, Max
[04:20.23] If I can teach you anything it's "this too shall pass"
[04:23.61] You feel like an outcast and I'ma come to terms with it
[04:26.77] You gon' take some bad cuts, and I'll apply the tourniquet
[04:30.50] Once you're through the worst of it you're havin fun at school again
[04:33.39] Or walking round stores in a pack among your stupid friends
[04:37.39] Don't worry 'bout your ears, you know bout panning audio
[04:40.42] You gon' meet a girl that loves you more than you thought possible
[04:44.04] I'm proud to tell you our guitar playing ain't as ass
[04:47.28] Acceptance letters here, breathe and take some paces back
[04:50.65] Here's how to make a track: Shut up about ambition
[04:53.24] Think who'd want you to value that why would you wanna listen
[04:57.41] You loved to draw 'til you were fucked by the luck of it
[05:00.69] But that part of us is healing up we still in touch with it
[05:04.02] So try to get a fucking grip and hold your pen tighter
[05:07.29] I'm telling you for certain down the road it gets nicer
[05:13.26] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:20.33] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:26.82] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:33.43] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:40.69] Is it nicer down the road?
[05:47.18] Is it brighter as we go?
[05:54.05] Is it nicer down the road?
[06:00.64] Is it brighter as we go?
[06:05.81]