THE GREAT DIVIDE: THE LAST OF THE BUGS.
taken from the 2026 album. trigger warnings for mental illness, trauma, medication, references to suicide, and the exquisite agony of fame, family, being the one left behind, and life in rural new england. feel free to change wording and pronouns and provide context as necessary. do not add to this list.
if these trees started talkin', i bet you they'd only talk shit.
we never do anythin' real, we just talk about it.
i swear i did bettеr this time.
anythin' you need, i will provide: a ride home or an alibi.
it's a place where most kids just grow up and have kids.
god forbid i'd hurt someone. / i'd hurt anyone i could.
you were unsuspectin', not unwarned.
i'm a sure bet at a losin' streak.
oh, are you leavin'? / no, babe, i'm just wakin' up.
how i hope you're movin' on.
i was workin' on a plan to disappear completely.
you're here and we're so grateful you are.
you're gonna fix it, you're gonna patch it up.
honey, you've always been so tough.
you know that i miss you.
you always come runnin' back whenever i ask.
we would talk so much and it's fine that we don't.
i think that we had everything, until now i just didn't know it.
we'll be strangers in the mornin'.
you never really could quite place when i'm angry and i'm jokin'.
i'm glad you left, but you'll be back.
call me when it goes to shit.
i won't rub your face in it.
i swear i won't tell anyone.
i don't mind being your dead end.
i think it's fine to never move on.
as long as there's light.
when they fuck up your story, i tell it the way you told me.
i still hear your name from some of the local guys.
hope you're there in the morning.
i called you but i'd run out of words.
if you were here, you'd make a joke of it.
there's a world out there, but i don't care enough to drive that far.
you don't care and i don't mind at all.
it's been a damn-near perfect day.
in the interest of time, we got a whole lot to waste.
i never ask for much, but i hope that logan crumbles and gets hit by a tornado.
i can't keep on starting over.
honey, tell me, are you good at staying still?
will you up and leave or will you be there in the mornin'?
i'm racking my brain for the one line that would change your mind.
i'll be good, i'll be fine, i can laugh about it.
i can't recall the last time that we talked.
we ain't friends, we're just morons.
you know i think about you all the time and how bad it must have been for you back then.
i hope you settle down, i hope you marry rich.
i'm finally aware of how shitty and unfair it was.
i wasn't brave enough to go.
i hope that you're not losin' sleep about what's next.
you're bouncin' off the walls.
you ain't a goddamn hero now 'cause you cry on live tv.
at least i got a soul still, even if i'm in a bad place.
i'm glad you got your act clean.
you're showin' up like bad news and leavin' like a bad dream.
there ain't nobody mistakin' your guilt for some great sacrifice.
we were fine without you, baby.
spare us all the pity, love.
i'll stay here 'til morning.
look at you leavin' again. it's all you know how to do.
i wish you could know me.
i wish i could know you much more sometimes.
wish i could do nothin' with you.
i'll say i love you and mean it this time.
i'm sorry for everything else.
you always went lookin' for an easy way out.
like we all just move on. like we all just forget.
you tell yourself lies and disguise them as facts.
turns out that you're still an asshole.
you aren't suddenly somebody else 'cause you've worked on yourself.
even when you're not here, it becomes about you.
they all want me to tell 'em your story.
kinda makes all the other parts boring.
i'd beat your ass 'til the morning.
i've been running all this time.
if i never see you again, you could be anything i want.
there ain't nothing else here worth catching up on.
i still ball up my fists when they mention your name.
i think you picked the wrong time to make this call.
i should shut you down but it's cold and i don't know, i'm alone.
whatever made you famous made you sick.
you can only do what pain allows.
there ain't no shame in callin' this thing quits.
i'll leave the porch light on.
you act like we just sit up here and wait for you to reappear.
baby, there are bills to pay.
another thing we don't talk about anymore.
don't worry, i won't bring it up.
you said you got a guilty conscience, but i ain't ever seen it.
you can scream at me when i come home.
it's gone to shit without you. it was shit before, but at least i had you.
no, there ain't nothin' to report.
i hope you're bored and headed north.
i've been workin' on my timin' when i ask too much of you.
if i see one more cybertruck, i swear to god i'm gonna floor it.
need somebody here to talk me out of things I can't undo.
should we keep it with the fuck-up in there?
saw the world from up close. it ain't much to look at compared to you.
i can't make myself whole, most days i'd be lucky just to get half.
you've seen me in places so low, you can recognize when it's real bad.
used to make me think about the old days.
out here i can hear your heartbeat.
oh, i love you and i can't fake that for a moment.
we're north of nowhere now.
i ain't afraid to hold the gun if it leads me to the safe.
they can fuck up all they want.
i wanna be you, but i don't wanna be that.
where i'm from and what i'm worth have gotten too damn intertwined.
fuck it, i might even disappear.
hope you've had a decent time.
i swear you're gonna get it, kid. someday.
i'm just happy you still call.
i couldn't make it back even if i tried.
some things live forever, even when they die.
everyone looks happy in a photograph.
couldn't make it home 'cause of all that rain.
i think this time i'm out for good.
life was somethin' to get through.
i felt the spiral of the earth when you finally called me yours.
what a time to be alive, young and dumb on the edge of the world.
i was afraid you might wake up.
remember who I am and remember what i've done.
what's good must be fleetin'.
go ahead, make a few of your own.
i look exhausted. stiff and awkward.
i see you through a camera flash.
this is hard, but i feel less far.
i'm an astronaut, you're the moon.
even god is trying to warn you all this ain't for you.
i'm gonna lose you either way.
let's talk about high school and talk about death.
you've been the best five minutes of a shitty old year.
i'm with my best friend [name] now, campin' on the county line.
and we're so alone most of the time.
most of the time we don't have anyone.
where do we go when we die? i wouldn't mind right here.
i'd give it all back if i could.
every day from back then is like a bad old dream.
before the moment tries to disappear, don't the sky look pretty up here?
