Slowly Pulling Apart


let's get taco bell
just tonight
just cuz today was tough
just cuz it's late now
just cuz i'm too tired to cook
just cuz
just cuz
just cus
i can run tomorrow
tomorrow
i can run tomorrow
big run
gonna run so far
gonna have a great day
gonna wake up early
gonna run to another country
gonna run until my legs rip off
gonna start tomorrow
tomorrow
but now
what do you want?
yes
i'm getting a baja too
what did i get last week?
oh right
soft potato taco
soft potato taco
soft potato taco
they have fries now
yeah they have fries
they have chicken nuggets too
everything is everything
this is the last time though
just tonight
just cuz it'll be easier to start tomorrow
go for a run
eat better
look up at the sun
inhale the world
but tonight
gimme a large baja blast
three soft potato tacos
and large nacho fries
just tonight
tomorrow i'll be better
tomorrow i'll run so damn far
tomrrow tomorrow tomorrow so the saying goes
but it's true
it's really really true
i can be anything i want to be
tomorrow
but i need to get all the bad out tonight
just cuz it was such a rough day
just cuz it'll be easier tomorrow
tomorrow i'll run forever
until the world collapses
until the sun fizzles out
until the universe does a u-turn
until until until until until
until i decide i want something tasty again
a little treat
and my entire life
resets
for no reason
and i am trapped
with everywhere to go
wait
wait
they're out of nacho fries
fuck it let's get chipotle


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