Alive - (8-3-2016) [Live in Indianapolis]

Sexism shrouded in chivalry

Little men with big egos try to belittle me

They got me in a pickle

But I've been freeing minds with riddles ever since Little League

Literally, people sit behind their little screens and doubt me

Meanwhile life in my hometown goes on just fine without me

Every time I go back

With a little more money and a little less time

Promises made to be fulfilled next time

People don't have no patience so they try to test mine

That's okay

I got my notebook, I got my voice

I gotta be free, I got no choice

That's an interesting sentence

I've gotta be free, I've got no choice

You know, I still go in the dressing room before the show every night

Put my little gel in my hair

I'm still trying to be cool

But the funny thing about that is

Everyone knows when you're trying so you never actually do

And the even funnier thing about that is

Everyone else is trying too

So I wonder

If I dropped the guard

If I cut the shit for just this one moment

Would you?

Would you?

Hmm

People we never met made all our rules

And we feel strong when we bend them

Men in suits start wars

Kids in camouflage end them

I'm supposed to entertain people

But I'm not supposed to offend them

Fuck it

There are more valuable things in this world than attention

You feel that tension?

When the cheer ends

And you don't know what to do so you cheer again

Feel the tension

See I could say, "Cheer"

Or I could say, "Don't cheer!"

Isn't that weird?

You don't hear words

You hear inflection and intention

Which means somebody saying "I hate you"

Might really be saying "I love you, I need affection"

A change of perspective

Brought to you by yours truly

An outlook on life

Brought to you by parents who didn't pick in war movies

Tour groupies

I was born goofy

And America tried to straighten me out

Towards Porsches and fortresses with porches

And bowls full of porridge

But who would've thunk a crooked line could be so goddamn gorgeous?

The eyes of the beloved

A tear, a vibe

Met a little girl the other day

She asked where I wanna be, what I wanna be in a year

I said, "Alive."