i was trapped in a hotel room
in florida for a week
and all that time my only contact with you was
my phone, and i could rarely speak
and while my body went to disney world i was
pacing in circles inside my mind
cus when you told me that you were switching schools
i couldn't help but feel like you were leaving me behind

i was trapped in a beach house on hornby island for fourteen days
and all that time i believed i had borderline, cus you said so
and we were never peaceful, we were fighting always
against the shadows and green leaves i had existential crises
and every night i inevitably screamed and cried
cus when you told me that you would rather sleep alone
it was nothing, but from the way i reacted
you woulda thought that i had died

you know until you don’t know, you know until you don't know
you know until you don’t know and then they’re gone
well i figure someday i’ll stop getting thrown away
i just didn’t think it would take so long

i was trapped in school for fifteen years
kindergarten every grade and two more i guess cus i was slow
and all that time i believed i was retarded, and an asshole,
and there was no real me that you could ever get to know
and my teachers said "oh sweetie, we know you're being bullied
if it's any consolation, you're pretty damn smart"
but when all anybody seems to care about is your brain
it's so incredibly easy to forget you have a heart

you know until you don’t know, you know until you don't know
you know until you don’t know and then they’re gone
well i figure someday i’ll stop getting thrown away
i just didn’t think it would take so long