The ice cream shop on twentieth street
I always ended up there in the evening
Walked in asked if I could borrow a seat
Looking back we were destined to meet
The point when conversation
Goes from business to an interest
Bits and pieces form a trailer to a movie
I'll never get to see
You were too good for them
This world of ancient survivors
You were too strong for them
Conformists who hide from the light
You were too smart for them
A textbook can't teach you how to make it
Through the nights you fall down
Tunnels twisting fate
No one ever notices your pain
Till the morning when they'll whisper
"What a shame"
It's too late to say that you were loved
When all the girls you called your friends
Tore you down just for existing
You tried and cried and said goodbye
To the high of a life you thought would be fulfilled
After four years fitting the mold
Bits and pieces form a trailer to a movie
You'll never get to see
You were too good for them
This world of ancient survivors
You were too strong for them
Conformists who hide from the light
You were too smart for them
A textbook can't teach you how to make it
Through the nights you fall down
Tunnels twisting fate
No one ever notices your pain
Till the morning when they'll whisper
"What a shame"
It's too late to say that you were loved
You were too good for them
For the soldiers in their armor
Unbreakable so you can't say no
Go to the lovers
Who will make you feel shiny
Till you realize it's just a game
You run away
And you sat at the river just talking bout life
Your fears at night
With a boy who would go and spill dirt on your name
Like he was ashamed
So you ran away from them
Seemed like you only caused them pain
And when you flew above them
You saw all the forced tears
From the ones who told you it was not that bad
Always second choice but they were all you had
It's too late to say that you are loved