The Hold Steady - Just Saying lyrics

Not exactly brothers
And certainly not lovers
Just put us down as "in a friendship"
We've been through complications
Complicated situations
We ain't even at the end yet
Try telling truth to power
Try taking ice cold showers
Try so hard to calm down now
So if I seem excited
It's just 'cause you've ignited
Something so much deeper down now

And it's coming from the heart
And I'm not saying you're not smart
I'm just saying that you're so much like me
And I'm so much like you
The things we used to do
Yeah you did them too
Now we're old enough to laugh at
The folly of our youth


Sometimes the truth is just like love
And sometimes love is just the truth

Sometimes you make a bigger deal
Than what feels like really real
Can't see the forest from the trees
Can't tell the flowers from the weeds
I'm a little bit like you
You're an awful lot like me
They say that love will lift you up
They say the truth will set you free

Man, I'm not saying you're not free
I'm just saying that I'm so much like me
And you're so much like you
The things we used to do
And the things that we've been through
Now we're old enough to laugh at
The folly of our youth
Sometimes truth feels just like love
And sometimes love is just the truth

And sometimes saying it is hard
Man, I'm not saying it's not hard
I'm just saying