Nothing Gold Can Stay - What's Keeping Me Alive Lyrics

Leave me alone man
A hundred miles away and still
You're getting under my skin
Like no one else can
Even in times like these
Living on islands
Buckling down in silence
How can't you see?
I'm dealing with myself
And that's enough for now, yeah?
I quit my job and focused on my dog
Painted half the house
To get me off these pills
I felt control slipping away
While the world around was crumbling
I decided that I would be ok
I need to fade into the background
I need to sink until all ripples are gone
I've been flying high for way too long
I need to find my place in this world again
I'm talking to friends I haven't seen in decades
Though they live just down the street
I guess it's true
With age comes reason
But reason me this: why does my brain feel fried?
What's keeping me alive?
I'm dealing with myself now
That's enough for me
I need to fade into the background
I need to sink until all ripples are gone
I've been flying high for way too long
I need to find my place in this world again
And while swimming upstream's made me strong
I need to find my place into this world again
I need to fade into the background
I need to sink until all ripples are gone
I've been flying high for way too long
I need to find my place into this world again