Standing on the Outside Looking In - Conor Oberst

Standing on the outside looking in

Don’t feel any different, it’s the way it’s always been

In a world of headless well-dressed mannequins

You’re always standing on the outside looking in

I remember when you taught me how to beg

In the roadside motel bathtub

I watched you shave your legs

We swore that we would take this to our graves

I remember when you taught me how to beg

You said only I could make you happy

But I’m not gonna tell you how

I don’t want this to last forever

Only now, only now

There’s a place she longs to be she’ll never go

Took a picture out the window with the camera on her phone

Got off one more time then put back on her clothes

There’s a place she longs to be she’ll never go

Now I’m standing on the outside looking in

On a world of paper tigers and imaginary friends

It’s a shame I can’t be bothered to pretend

When I’m standing at the outside looking in

I told you how I planned on dying

But you know I always joke around

I’m up for never saying never

At least for now, at least for now

'Cause I could never make you happy

But I know just how to calm you down

We don’t have to see the future

Only now, only now