Pretty Soon You'll Be Dead

[Verse 1] pretty soon you'll be dead and no one will remember you so why are you so ornery what is it you have to do when breathing is so hard and dreaming ain't on the table and leaving ain't so hard but believing you're not able [Pre-Chorus] you keep it in your jaw like a stone you won't let go you keep it in your chest like a debt nobody knows [Chorus] So why are you so ornery why are you so ornery pretty soon they'll forget your name but I still see the flame Why are you so ornery why are you so ornery when leaving ain't so hard but staying feels like steel [Verse 2] You stare at every door like it owes you something back hands in your pockets heart under attack You laugh at the kind words like they might break in your hands tell me what you guard tell me what you can't stand [Pre-Chorus] you keep it in your jaw like a stone you won't let go you keep it in your chest like a debt nobody knows [Chorus] So why are you so ornery why are you so ornery pretty soon they'll forget your name but I still see the flame Why are you so ornery why are you so ornery when leaving ain't so hard but staying feels like steel [Bridge] If the floor gives way tonight don't call it weakness if the sky won't open up don't call it a sentence I know the fear you wear I know the lock you hold but even a shut-up heart can learn to say it all [Final Chorus] So why are you so ornery why are you so ornery pretty soon they'll forget your name but I still see the flame Why are you so ornery why are you so ornery when breathing is so hard we can breathe together here