Machines

I found wings in my attic One more superpower I've outgrown My brother has basketball practice I'm going to hit on the coach I saw Jesus Christ in a bookstore He looked burdened with all that belief He cut me in line without remorse Said "We're all powering the same machine" Oh-oh, grew up and learned the cost Oh-oh, I can't sleep this one off Now I know that I bleed months Oh-oh, but I was a machine once I got drunk for the first time Or as drunk as my brain would permit I swayed beside a stuffed lion And briefly loved the scientist I think I saw God in the bathroom Some pretty girl was holding her hair back And I offered her fistfuls of tissues She bit back tears and told me not to do that Oh-oh, grew up and learned the cost Oh-oh, I can't sleep this one off Now I know that I bleed months Oh-oh, but I was a machine once I saw this boy in a nightmare After I passed him on campus You know, the one I'm still scared of Even though nothing happened I shudder at what might have happened Growing up is bad dreams put in practice Oh-oh, grew up and learned the cost, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh, grew up and learned the cost Oh-oh, I can't sleep this one off Now I know that I bleed months Oh, but I was a machine once Oh-oh Oh-oh