Why Can’t You Be

Are you frightened by the weight you possess
Is this life just weightlessness
And smoggy twilight in LA
I can't think of one real thing to say
And you and me are walking in the canyons
She forgets that we were friends
I guess it all depends on your mood
Why can't these meds be any damn good?

(And she said)
Why can't you be?
Like my waterpik shower massager?
A sweet reliable machine?
And to tell the truth
I don't feel less alone
A water massager’s the purest love
I’ve ever known
Why can't you be?
Like when I was 13

(And I said)
Why can't you be?
Like an art house foreign movie
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
And allude to me
Why can't you be?
A little more of a mystery?
Why can't you be?
The part of me that's missing?
Instead of leaving me for some other?
Said we're perfect for each other
And I know we won’t spend this life.

Alone

(And she said)
Why can't you be?
Like an outsourced government contract?
I'm a fat cat
Getting away with anything.
Kicking,
Some secret special powers
Illumination rousing showers.
Cause you tearing your hair out
While we can have a bed of flowers

(And I said)

Why can't you be?
Like the chicks out on the road,
Some girls are happy just to see me
Cause you got moxy and a broken nose
You take em away from this pose
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
Why can’t you play?
A little less rough

Why can't you be?
The part of me that's missing
Instead of leaving me for some other
Say we're perfect for each other
And I know we won’t go spend this life.

Alone

Can we,
Just leave it be?
We can live,
Our lives,
Separately?
Could you forget?
What happens to you?
To you and me?

And when we're dead,
And we'll be dead
We’ll have eternity.
And I will spend it all,
Missing you,
Missing you and me

So while I'm alive
I will always be

Seeking you out
Digging you out
Wondering about
How it goes so far down
And what’s wrong with you
(What’s wrong with you and me)

(And she said)
Why can't you be?
Someone looking deeper into me
Like JD Salinger
Why do I challenge her?
In all these selfish ways that you displease
Why can’t you be?
A little more at ease?
Well why you can’t be?
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I’m not joking
This masochistic
Self-pity
Of smoking
And this city ditty
I keep provoking you,
To leave me.

(She said)
Why can't you be?
Like a candle I can snuff
You’re still a diamond in the rough
And I swear to god
I've had enough
How can I
Call your bluff?