John K. Samson - Little Pictures lyrics

Here's a little picture for your wallet and your mind It's us when we were searching for the blue we could not find It's us with padded pockets, dazzling futures and these unpolluted smiles Reality pushed back just by the thinkings of the latest styles Well, I'm nineteen and I'm catching myself living in the past Walls with wilted Polaroids of friends that didn't last And everything that was promising is common now I find So here's a little picture for your wallet and your mind Here's a little picture for your wallet and your mind It seems that what we wanted didn't like what we would find It seems you didn't listen when I told you what I mean Futility is reminiscence. Shades of velveteen The ceaseless beatings of our histories, memories fill our lungs Drowning us in different futures, down another rung Well, my voice cracks with the thought of you, so innocent and blind So here's a little picture for your wallet and your mind It's just one of many pictures I must learn to leave behind