[Verse 1]
The formal recognition of all that we have done
And here I sit robed up and wishing this was any fun
It marks the end, it marks the beginning of everything here on
The good times they are over, all my friends will soon be gone
The time ticks by so slowly each speech they feel like hours
Just sitting, waiting, droning on while my self confidence sours
After what feels like an eternity, I stand to sing our song
Then back to sitting forever, f**ing graduations are long
[Pre-Chorus]
So I run so fast out of that place
A scowl embedded on my face
But leaving can never erase
What I've done to self-debase
[Chorus]
So I run away
I run away
I run away
Just run away
[Verse 2]
I don't stop running until I'm out of breath with burning lungs
In an unfamiliar place, with unfamiliar tongues
I take refuge in an alley after a sufficient amount of time
Some graffiti says "big fat titties" a tacky, stupid crime
My back hurts as I collapse to the ground against the wall
It's still much better to be here than that boring, stuffy hall
I cannot comprehend how much I've lost or stand to gain
All I know is that it feels like an unbearable amount of pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Because I'll be alone so soon I'm sure
And I do not know a single cure
I need some help, I need a lure
Gah, I have to reobscure
[Chorus]
So I hide away
I hide away
I hide away
Just hide away
[Verse 3]
Time moves on, I guess, so slow, but as it stands, I am still lost in space
The list has barely changed at all of those who'd ever recognize my face
I search for friends; for anyone at all- and not that selectively
Partiers, dancers, religions, just want balls, balls, apostles respectively
So I take inventory of my life, and come up with so little to my name
A dozen friends in as many states. I stayed, others weren't as lame
Some CDs and movies and clothes and a room with a wall with a click
Some random sh** that I found in the couch, (some change, a toy potato, blue Chapstick)
[Pre-Chorus]
It's the end of world or at least of mine
I keep waiting for a single goddamn sign
I'm keeping my toes above the line
Well, f** man! At least I'm trying!
[Chorus]
So I try to stay
I try to stay
I try so f**ing hard, to stay
But I keep getting myself carried away
[Verse 4]
I glance outside the window of the sadness-diner where I sit
The syrup of my loneliness shimmers brightly when moon-lit
Each bite of pancaked regret seems much richer than the last
I fill up on blue tater tots, and dwell upon the past
I'm still here in the huddled ma**, wishing I hadn't disappeared
Asking myself if I look alright "is Taylor's face weird?"
For now I walk alone, doing my best to break the wall
Much too scared to leap over it, for fear that I will fall
[Chorus]
So I fade away
I fade away
I fade away
Just fade
Just fade
Just