Careful of who you let control
The places you will go, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh no, in every teenage soul
That old magnetic pull, oh-oh, oh-oh
Give me a present, she said
I, I don't care if you're present
I just want you to take care of me
Because no one ever has before
This place feels over-crowded and somehow
Somehow, comfort doesn't feel comfortable
Everyone looks familiar and yet still feels distant
The dog starts barking next to you
The television's pointless, so you
Fast forward to the fight scenes
'Cause you're addicted to action
Careful of what you let control
The things you think you know, oh-oh, oh-oh
Hold on, there's poison in the sink
The inner-city's drink, oh-oh, oh-oh
Careful of who you let control
The people that you know, oh-oh, oh-oh
Caffeine, mutations in your genes
Religion and vaccines, oh-oh, oh-oh
I never dreamed you'd be such a terror, she says
Like she's been living with a monster
And she's constantly anxious about her relationship
With existence at the present, but anyway
In the four years since college
She's been dreading all the birthdays
'Cause they mark the months spent wasted
While she's faking expeditions
And practicing positions for the next time
She feels she really needs God
Careful of who you let control
The people that you know, oh-oh, oh-oh
Back seats, submissions of defeat
I'm being indiscreet, oh-oh, oh-oh
Careful of what you can't control
In any place you go, oh-oh, oh-oh
I'm told you can't knock out parole
He's wearing all your clothes, oh-oh, oh-oh
I'm secretly sorry
I've got a lot to say, but I don't know how
But I don't know how
Careful, I know you want control
But it's so hard to hold, oh-oh, oh-oh
Stand down, the kids are lookin' round
And everything they found is, oh-oh, oh-oh
Careful, religion is routine
I don't know what that means, oh-oh, oh-oh
I get why you might be upset
Red wine and cigarettes, oh-oh, oh-oh