The Good That Won't Come Out

Rilo Kiley

Let's get together and talk about the modern age

All of our friends were gathered there

With their pets just talking shit

About how we're all so upset about the Disappearing ground

As we watch it melt



It's all of the good that won't come out of us

And how eventually our hands

Will just turn to dust

If we keep shaking them

Standing here on this frozen lake



I do this thing where I think I'm real sick

But I won't go to the doctor

To find out about it

'Cause they make you stay real still

In a real small space

As they chart up your insides

And put them on display



They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it

All of the good that won't come out of me

And all the stupid lies I hide behind

It's such a big mistake

Lying here in your warm embrace



Oh you're almost home

I've been waiting for you to come in

Dancing around in your old suits

Going crazy in your room again

I think I'll go out and embarrass myself

By getting drunk and falling down in the street

You say I choose sadness

That it never once has chosen me

Maybe you're right



Let's talk about

All our friends

Who lost the war

And all the novels

That have yet to be

Written about them



It's all of the good that won't come out of them

And all the stupid lies they hide behind

It's such a big mistake

Standing here on this frozen lake

It's all of the good that won't come out of me

And how eventually my mouth will just turn to dust

If I don't tell you quick

Standing here on this frozen lake