No Man's Land

(album: Swimteam - 2023)

I was under the water
When I opened my eyes
Though my vision is blurry
I can see your disguise

You're broke and bored but you hide it
You're smoking weed like you like it
And while I'm watching you withdraw respect
You don't like the ways I know the ways that you project

Birthday party in the backyard
A tarot reader draws my card
Guess I'm a tree with a brilliant destiny
But there's something pulling out my branches
I'm thinking I give you too many chances

You say this is real love but you're wrong
Cause I feel so much better when you're gone
All the nights in New York don't add up
When you say no man wants to work that much

People ask me how you're doing
I just turn to self-soothing
Vodka water and a dry joke
Should I tell 'em it's been two months since we really spoke

And in a picture you got new shoes
Just another way that I lose
Just another way to keep me out
Guess I'll never understand what you're really about

You say this is real love but you're wrong
Cause I feel so much better when you're gone
All the nights in New York don't add up
When you say no man wants to work that much

I hear you got a new lady
The one you used to call crazy
She's quoting Jesus and you're saying it's for fun
I want to tell her save her money and that she should run

You say this is real love but you're wrong
Cause I feel so much better when you're gone
All the nights in New York don't add up
When you say no man wants to work that much