​default genders - ​reverse chronological order (part 2) lyrics

Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen of the prom
So he was the first to be asked
Where he thought she'd get heroin from
The cops had some thoughts of their own
About photos they saw from that night
But nothing conclusive - just talks with
The usual low level guys
To make it more potent
They’d mixed all their dope
With a fentanyl spike
And the reality is that fatalities
Hit new and terrible highs
Cuz that tends to be the
Main difference between like
A typical night
And this doctor's disturbingly
Stubborn refusal to say she'll survive

Remember when Eddie was giving her plenty
Of reasons to wish he was gone?
Asleep on the couch with some
Lines he'd cut out and the TV still on
A flickering light that persists
Through the night, and an audible hum
Ocarina of time droning endlessly on
From the dusk until dawn
Sometimes she would wake up and suddenly
Find herself draped in his arms
Other times she would pass him while going
To class and escape from his charms
"I love him" she'd think to
Herself as she left "but
I think he forgets that I'm
Young someone my age
I just should not be wasting my
Time here replacing his mom"

Brenda and Eddie had started already by the
Time I called up from out front
With gigantic eyes I'm like
"where did you guys get
This ketamine from?"
Half of the way into all conversations I'd
Just let my side of it drop
It must have been good
Cuz no one understood what I
Said when I'd talk
In some deep dark corner we'd
All find each other
And try to detach from the mob
Just to dissolve into laughter without
Ever speaking at all
Years could have passed while we
Sat trying to act
Like we weren’t so completely fucked up -
Generations of strangers replaced by
Their ancestors as
We just sat there and watched