Innocence Then Gone Again

Back when we were young
We held clichés to tips of tongues
And ate happy meals of humiliation
We took toothpicks through the eyes,
Being dreamy skies of dreaming guys,
When our books refueled our rebellion. 1

And then we pretended that we could all just laugh alone
We found nooses throwing parties for the lonely.
We left memories in our fingerprints on every single skipping stone
When they were just our only friends 2

Now that we are grown
We’re sending missiles flying home
Taking all our pasts. Blown to shreds.
Shutting mouths of trumpets blaring horns
Tongue and cheeking when the sheriff warns
Oh how we’ve changed3

Back when we pretended that we could all just laugh alone,
We found nooses throwing parties for the lonely.
We left memories in our fingerprints on every single skipping stone
When they were just about our only friends4

Acquaintances that we call friends
Just getting even in the end
Where they were wearing masks, hiding masks.
Desperate tales all from our youth,
Innocence in every tooth
And nail to finish every little task5

Back when we pretended that we could all just laugh alone,
We found nooses throwing parties for the lonely.
We left memories in our fingerprints on every single skipping stone
When they were just about our only friends6

When they were just about our only friends.