by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

How many times can you sit at home alone And listen to that same old record and not get tired? I've made more friends doing this than I could ask for I've made more friends doing this than I care f

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

To be proud in the end is still pride And that's selfish. You remind me of instability. To be warm… isn't it everything you wanted from us? You remind me of instability. This isn't helping. Yo

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

You told me you were thinking of moving some place warmer I told you I was thinking of staying right here My friendships grew too My friendships moved too Did you think twice? Are you going to

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

We all die alone So why care so much about living with someone else? Maybe it's because I'm getting older that I don't understand Once a week, every week, I would see you, and it would make mine

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I stopped believing when I turned twenty There's something more than this When I carried you back home and you told me you loved me I finally decided to be proud of myself I'm not afraid of the fu

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

All the ties I had to your apartment have all been sold or given away And I can't turn down anyone that shows interest in something I've done Or some band I'm in or some song I wrote When I should

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I don't doubt you I just don't trust the insight of someone so ideal and so unflinching And so determined to be heard I spend my days doing nothing Thinking of starting over I could go to schoo

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I was so proud of the way you held yourself through your twenties And poorer than I've ever been since before I knew you I think that I'm outgrowing being in a band For all the trouble and time I'v

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I've stopped looking ahead in my life Just constantly tracing back from where I've been Up to present day to day living I left the heat outside to get in If I ever showed up like this again You

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I used to drive across the entire state just to see you every weekend And I rolled the windows down because I was afraid of falling asleep I regret everything about that year I regret everything ab

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

I wouldn't call it shame I'd call it embarrassment And it's not that I'm indifferent I'm just used to that same old feeling I'm just used to the same old way There wasn't a drastic change in ho

by Joie De Vivre on album We're All Better Than This

A small piece of paper with your name written on it Is all that's left from the box I found I made something better before we left for the midwest That I've saved for years I could never miss anyt

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

White like smoke bleeds into the open air From dimly lit horizons bent on changing your mind Toward something more anchored than I could ever be Something more engaging and easier to see. So quiet

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

I hope you won't mind if I leave until winter ends I'll let the spring Instill a sense Of pride in me That I haven't felt in years Bring the trains back to this town We've missed t

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

I know I signify more to you than stability alone Like August in a midwestern state Full of grace and half broken bones You're falling over your own unfortunate songs You can soak in all the sun

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

This whole week's been wasted on back roads and gasoline this distance doesn't make things easier these friendships don't seem to help me I let you follow far too close we were younger we neve

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

It's been far too long to blame This on my fear of commitment And a lifelong pursuit of natural disasters. It's been far too long to blame my better half. Your mouth is dry and my eyes are bloodsh

by Joie De Vivre on album Summer Months

The longer way to your Parents house was full of All the right things to say. All the trees were lined in rows in avenues on Sundays. I don't read enough to blame my disposition on anybody else.

by Joie De Vivre on album The North End

by Joie De Vivre on album Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) & Joie De Vivre [Split Version]

Going into this I wasn't sure what I expected, but I'm here, and I'm not sure if I'm happy, or just content but it's something different. If you want to leave, I could drive faster. But it won't chang