Model Actors

from A Lifetime Of Leisure by Personal Space

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Back one summer we killed the vibe
Prosaic times with inconvenient feelings
A cute phase that was cautious and chaste but then we
Blew it up irrevocably (for some reason)
Friends just couldn’t believe their ears
So many years of being model actors
It was a joke till it got too adult a bit too
Heavy then inevitability (for most people)
A faux pas against man’s natural law and common
Decency inevitability (for most people)
Inevitability

I felt encouraged by you feeling lost
You reckoned our opportunity cost
Sober approaching a line neatly crossed
Original sin and our innocence lost

Weighty nights at the nicer bars
A public show that was just past suppressing
We were stressed about what everyone guessed because we
Gave too much invariably (for some reason)
We’d gotten lazy and praised Jesse Lacey
While we spilled our guts embarrassingly (for some reason)
Embarrassingly

I felt encouraged by you feeling lost
You reckoned the opportunity cost
Sober approaching a line neatly crossed
Original sin the rest rolled in
Our opportunity cost

Such a fine gentleman
Unlock the doors and let you in
Like I said, we could lie
We could just stay the night

Table’s set, wine’s corked
My cup runneth over
Now, who would go and act like an
Asshole who’s lacking in empathy?
A gruesome showcase for my inmost feelings
Wow, feels good to be so remarkably candid and free

Tasteful soft strings ever hear of Verocai?
Now, what kind of a guy would see
That as a viable opening?
Smart enough to know how to suspend a lie
Not quite clever enough to be ruining everything

But that’s what happened, to tell
You the truth, I hope time heals you dude
Maybe in the next life you can get me back

Back one summer we killed the vibe
Real thoughts in prosaic times
A bit too heavy but that’s just what we like

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from A Lifetime Of Leisure, released March 26, 2021

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