Ashtray Monument

Ashtray Monument

Jawbreaker
(album: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy)

Free, alone.
The predawn white light´s coming on.
Bottle on the night stand.
I count disasters on my free hand now.
Run for cover there´s a big one coming.
You´ll be lucky if you´re at ground zero.
You´ll be lucky if it´s got your number.
No one said that this life was easy.
Did that no one ever live a life this hard?
It gets hard.
The bills are scattered in the yard.
Ashtray monument.
A life spent waiting in cement.
After all, it´s not that bad.
I still have pictures.
I look back at all the things that we once did.
You said, "I love you."
I guess you did.
Remember our life.
I did the dishes while you read out loud.
Best friends, strangers now.
Were our kids all we could call common ground.