Here Be Monsters - If & When Lyrics

This might be the most unpunk song I've wrote
And that works for me
Cause I am tired of singing about politics and drinking
I'm still gonna, but give me a minute to breathe
So up we go on this elevator, crashing through each floor as we pass
And if and when we ever make it to the top, my friend
Well then we can look on this rubble and laugh

I hope I learn to love more than I'm capable of
And I hope this song is just the beginning
The beginning of the end

We're so obsessed with thoughts, but an idea is just an idea
We make them up all the time
And I'm doing everything I can, but I'd rather suffer on my own
Than have to use you to survive
So up we go on these tracks like a freight train, crashing through each floor as we pass
And if and when we ever make to the end, my friend, well then we can look on this rubble and laugh

I hope I learn to love more than I'm capable of
And I hope this song is just the beginning

Cause life is like a marathon that everyone is running on
And everyone will cross the finish line
And you can bet as long as I've got breath inside my lungs
I'm gonna run like there's participation prizes
Cause it's easier to fight with the closed hand
But it only makes the cycle start again
And if you aren't fighting hate with love, you're victory won't be worth a damn

Well, I've had to take a dive into my own mind
Because people leave me depressed
And I didn't like the things I'd find - all these contradictions
That I can't address
Still I chose to live within the abstract
Cause contradictions cannot cut my flesh
And really that's the whole f*cking problem and the reason why people scare me to death

Stil, I hope I learn to love more than I'm capable of and I hope this song is just the beginning