Matt Nathanson - Vandalized Lyrics
Well, it's late at night.There's nobody around.Just the sounds of the carsUpon the asphalt ground.It's the waiting time,When the hours grow still.I gaze on through the glassInside my windowsill.Though I know that you must beSomewhere in this world,In this place where, at birth,You and I were both hurled,To think that we once were relatingIs a thing that has almost grown foreign to me.It's a bad sight,Such a terrible waste,To spend your time talkingIn such bad taste.It's the same old line,Though it's not you I blame.It's your teachers and televisionThat you put to shame.The night's lasting longerBecause I've filled my headWith the things I could have doneAnd the words I could have said.But, in truth, I was only spectatingAnd that's a permanent part of reality.So many rude lines,So many petty crimesAnd you don't feel a needTo apologize.Tonight is the timeThat you stick in my mind,But from now on I won't becomeVandalized.Now the room's started fillingWith the dawn's early lightAnd the end has arrivedOf this long night.I turn off the televisionAnd I hit the bedWhile your shade is still hauntingMy ever-vulnerable head.And there's no useIn trying to compromiseWhen the kindest things we sayBut it's time I should quit my complainingAnd behave with a little more dignity.So many rude lines,So many petty crimesAnd you don't feel a needTo apologize.Tonight is the timeThat you stick in my mind,But from now on I won't becomeVandalized.
