The Midwest Quiet - Mason Jars lyrics

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The Midwest Quiet - Mason Jars

All the things you store in mason jars

Like grapes of wrath and chinese stars

Someday they'll swallow you

All the things that tell you what to do

Like magazines and sisters too

But they never follow through

When I was young, I felt so old

My body warm, my blood was cold

I thought I'd push on through

I ran out of time before I knew

how to survive and what to do

when people hated you

You used to decorate christmas trees

You thought you'd bring the world to their knees

But you know the world won't listen

The night before I first met you

I swore off love, and people too

or at least i wanted to

I saw your face on a drive in screen

Under dusty smoke and insect wings

Did they catch up to you?

Now there's cracks in all these mason jars

The sounds of spring in our backyard

There's something calling you

You used to decorate christmas trees

You thought you'd bring the world to their knees

But you were told the world won't listen