Cordial

(album: Elsewhere - 2022)

Singing at the ceiling to a swing set melody
Life is like a season it changes and it leaves
Tried to stop the bleeding, but some wounds never heal
If it's up to me to break it, it won't be even...

Tragic or traumatic
How these habits can become so lethal
Madness; Fade to blackness
Try to thread that needle
Get back, what you give in
Why'd you give in and believe your lies
Survival by denial till you end up so low

Don't call it cordial if you can't get in touch
Don't call it cordial if we both hung it up
We can't get back to normal if we both play pretend
You call it cordial
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
Nah, we can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
We can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it

Drowning in the shallows, too proud to ask for help
You think I'm off the deep end, but you won't save yourself
I offered you a way out and you dug in both your heels
Blamed everyone around you as if it's real...

Tragic or traumatic
How these habits can become so lethal
Madness; Fade to blackness
Try to thread that needle
Get back, what you give in
Why'd you give in and believe your lies
Survival by denial till you end up so low

Don't call it cordial if you can't get in touch
Don't call it cordial if we both hung it up
We can't get back to normal if we both play pretend
You call it cordial
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
We can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
Nah, we can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends

It won't be even tragic or traumatic
How these habits can become so lethal
Madness; Fade to blackness
Till you end up so low, yeah

Don't call it cordial if you can't get in touch
Don't call it cordial if we both hung it up
We can't get back to normal if we both play pretend
You call it cordial
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
We can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
Nah, we can't even call it friends
Yeah, we're so cordial, we can't even call it friends
We can't even call it friends