the van (Explicit)

Lyrics by：Jack Antonoff/Mikey Freedom-Hart/John Freeman/Vinnie Barrett/Bobby Eli

Composed by：Jack Antonoff/Mikey Freedom-Hart/John Freeman/Vinnie Barrett/Bobby Eli

Left the house years ago

Here's the story of a kid and his shadow

He just didn't wanna be lonely

He started to fly then she got sick

Pulled up and down and spun out real quick

He just didn't wanna be lonely

Pulled into a Wawa in Philly in 2000

Blue Magic coming from the speaker at the gas pump

All jersey kids we never learned to pump gas

So we sat there with the soundtrack

Met 'em all in the Wayne firehouse glory days

Packed the van and spun through being cool

Man those drive-thru years really went slow

Wawa lights in the rearview was making it

We packed the van our time was then

That's the story about kids and their shadows

We just didn't wanna be lonely

That's why I still sing

Glory to the ones who know the van

Glory to the ones on the edge

I just don't wanna be lonely I just don't wanna be

Think some of us need to chip away at what we don't understand

Slowly combing over it

Slowly getting under it

'Cause there's no getting over it

So we drove back from the West with our new religion then

One-way tickets in heart and in hand

Said "Fuck anything in my way this is forever now"

And then just like that everything changed

Cut off the lights

That's the thing about loving your shadow

Years from then I left the house

And saw her standing on a rooftop

She said "I just don't wanna be lonely"

I said "I just don't wanna be lonely"

She said "I just don't wanna be lonely"