Checkered shoes, blues News that I would learn through a tweet Arguing about what we could eat Reality that's coming through a screen Half a moon, moods Wouldn't even mind a little swing The little bit that's on the end of string The part of me that makes me wanna scream, yeah Checkered sneakers A corny sign that I would never pick or check or blink at A checkered blanket just to picnic, better check for teachers A better method for a thing that I would never think of A separate thing to dry, another one, a decorator A shirt I probably should retire and become a sleeper A doc on how a normal guy became a creeper A thunderstorm in bed that's loud enough that we can hear it A home that isn't just a building, it's the people nearest So independent, I just roll with it thinking That it's never gonna turn around I guess I'm the type, not ready to die But I guess I'm the type to go down Checkered shoes, blues News that I would learn through a tweet Arguing about what we could eat Reality that's coming through a screen Half a moon, moods Wouldn't even mind a little swing The little bit that's on the end of string The part of me that makes me wanna scream, yeah I guess the arrogance showing When I'm assuming they listen I wrote your parents a poem I wish it could have been different I aint embarrassed to show it, but I'm embarrassed to say It hit me harder than it hit you, only on a delay Think I might be a stone for stepping over to next I wanted more but got the least, now you live in my head You still live in all the little things, I remember little dreams Thinking bout some little ones, waking up to little feet Now I see you as I'm driving around You don't live in a space, you're more inside of a sound Yeah you live inside my catalog, you remind of battle scars Memories, they tag along, the happier, the sadder songs But when I see the roof we climbed when it was twenty six And bundled up together, only caring who the other is I remember what it's really all about So it's cool, I don't mind if you just live in the sound