Trading Down
written by: Jak Locke

from The Wreckage, The Yield, And A Place I Can Crawl Up From (August 17th 2018) (3:01)
Say, I'm running out of firsts but I got a lot of fifths
So I'm seeing what stays down and you can see which way I drift

I wanna follow you down to the nightclub
I got a lot of bad reasons to be with you
And we're not leaving til I've reached the bottom
I I I've gotta find a place I can crawl up from
Gotta find a place I can crawl up from
Gotta find a place I can crawl up from, yeah

Lately I've been taking time to find some silence
Still, I know myself, I know I'll lose the taste for that too soon

Say, I see you see me here and I suppose I shouldn't mind
But what did you expect to hear? I don't care if I get signed

I want a poison hangover to find me
Yeah yeah, I got a bad mind and it's all for sale
Oh yeah, you might want to close your eyes now
I'm gonna self destruct and I'm gonna get paid
I'm gonna self destruct and I'm gonna get paid
I'm gonna self destruct and I'm gonna get paid, yeah

Lately I've been biding time to make my exit
It's so loud inside now, yesterday would not be too soon

And now it's the part of the song with the most lyrical meaning:
Oh ohh ooh, oh ohh ohh ooh, oh ohh ohh ooooh, oh ohh ooooh

earliest live performance: July 24th 2012
lyrics taken from "Tomorrow Is Postponed" (Side B, January 16th 2013)