(My favorite movie is The Fox and the Hound. It's basically the most relatable shit ever made IMO. Actually, that's not an opinion. It's facts b! When that old lady says, "Forever is a long time and time has a way of changing things." that movie is the inspiration for this song and the final version of this album. The song was day 3 of a 7 day writing project. i wrote it during a blizzard in 2017 Elizabeth, NJ. My best friend Jeff was KO'd on my mattress and I sat in the living room in the dead of night and wrote it with the window open watching the blizzard.)

I was always taught to think outside the box
Some doors are open
Some are always locked
There's no prize in my cerealbox
Have you ever seen a hound stay friends with a fox?
I can barely look you in the eye,
When we talk,
It all feels force-fed, fake, ad hoc
There's a tier, caste, at work here, gridlocked
Sold into lives that we never actually bought

I'm so in love with you
I can't help it
Yeah, I just do what I do
I can't shake you off
And I traded my baby tooth
In for
My father's deadman work boots
I'm so in love with you
I can't help it
A tree don't choose where it grows
I can't shake this off
And I traded my baby tooth
In for
My father's deadman work boots

I swear to god I will never touch another drink
I swear to god I will do whatever's asked of me
I'll throw myself into the wave 'long with the kitchen sink
But how can I believe in what don't believe in me?
I swear to god I will never touch another drink
I swear to god I will do whatever's asked of me
I'll throw myself into the wave 'long with the kitchen sink
I'd start a million wars
If that would bring you back to me

I traded my baby tooth
I traded my baby teeth
Fulfilled my father's shoes
So what the hell does that make me
What the hell does that make me now?