It Turns out There Aren't Many Perks of Being a Wallflower - Proper.

Everyone’s too sad or too sick

Or they just don’t give a shit about whose playing tonight in Kansas City

Unless it’s on 103, The Buzz, or some DIY basement sludge

And that, well that’s when it hit me

I don’t have any real friends

All I’ve got are these acquaintances

And none of them could care less

And somehow I’ve been okay with it

Until now

I went to the Tiny Moving Parts show last night

And I swear that it changed my life

And the entire concept of friendship to me

Like how we should hang out outside of work to do more than get fucked up and

party

Because when I left a small town for the city

I thought something big would change within

And I’d be the everyman of this town

But what I was thinking

Going from a branch on a well rooted tree

To a grain of sand on the biggest beach

Where no one’s sure if they’re leaving or sticking around

Will you stick around?

And everyone I know is listening to Skrillex and Waka Flocka Flame

In fact the only records they actually own are Mumford & Sons, Odd Future,

and Lil Wayne

They’re rather blow their money in Westport on molly and weed

Than go see a movie or go to the aquarium with me

And I just-

Well wait a second

What if I’ve been blowing people off like that too?

What if someone’s really needed my support or just wanted to spend time with me?

You know, it’s funny.

I write so many songs about all these assholes I know

But I never stop to think about why I know so many

Maybe I should spend more time trying to meet other artists

Instead of trying to get the wrong people to like me

I went to the Tiny Moving Parts show last week

And I guess that I didn’t learn a god damn thing

I spent the last 12 years just taking whoever came to me

But now I see that it’s a 2 way street

Last month I left the Tiny Moving Parts show without a doubt

That I had everything all figured out

It turns out that we accept the love we think we deserve

But we deserve so much more

I just want to make friends

And build some lasting relationships

Because a military life fucked that up for me

And it turns out there aren’t many perks of being a wallflower

Or letting other people and liquor take the lead

We’ve gotta speak for ourselves

Because we get too comfortable

Doing these things we’ve always done with people that we don’t actually know

And I want to make friends

And build some lasting relationships

Being a wallflower isn’t working out for me

And I accept that I’m that grain of sand along the beach

And there’s no reason to be so terrified of the sea

I will let it take me

And whatever will be, will be

Yeah, whatever will be, will be

We will be