The Smith Street Band - Self-Control lyrics

The night we said that we had won at life
We were high as fucking kites
Above the city and no one's
Ever looked as pretty
As when you turned to walk away
I had the silo, my addiction
My inherent invincibility
But we all learn from and
Yearn for what we had
In the guts of the glory days
Look back and be nostalgic to
Blanket our current fears
I looked death in the eye once a
Week for a couple of years

Come on, teach me self-control
Come on, tell me what to say
And I don't think that I could
Make anyone feel like this
I don't think I could make
Anyone feel like this
Don't think I could make
Anyone feel this shit

In my formative years
I got as drunk as anyone
And I wonder how that will affect me
Now that those years have been and gone
Am I stagnant and half-formed?
My mind malnourished and my
Bones near breaking or does everyone come up
Like this? Never giving, always taking
The issues that we let cloud our heads
To distract ourselves from how
Fucked we truly are
And passion can be pointless if
It's all for passion's sake
I thank everything that I found
This or my life
Would have been a complete waste

Come on, teach me self-control
Come on, tell me what to say
And I don't think that I could
Make anyone feel like this
I don't think I could make
Anyone feel like this
Don't think I could make
Anyone feel this shit

These streets unfamiliar but sincere
I let myself disappear in the
Warmth of the back seat
Press my knees into the fake sheepskin
And try to pick who next to run away with
'Cause I'm killing my relationships
By trying to keep a lid on it
I want some dive-in happiness
I want to be in love again

Come on, teach me self-control
Come on, tell me what to say
Come on, teach me self-control
Come on, tell me what to say
And I don't think that I could
Make anyone feel like this
I don't think I could make
Anyone feel like this
Don't think I could make
Anyone feel this shit feel this shit