《The Best of Times(口白)》歌词

[00:00:30] It's been a long and lonely trip but

[00:00:32] I'm glad that I took it because it was well worth it.

[00:00:34] I got to read a couple books and do some research

[00:00:36] Before I reached my verdict.

[00:00:38] Never thought that I was perfect.

[00:00:39] Always thought that I had a purpose.

[00:00:41] Used to wonder if I'd live to see my first kiss.

[00:00:45] The most difficult thing I ever did

[00:00:47] Was recite my own words at a service

[00:00:49] Realizing the person I was addressing probably

[00:00:51] Wasn't looking down from heaven.

[00:00:53] Or cooking up something in hell's kitchen

[00:00:56] Trying to listen in or eaves drop

[00:00:57] From some another dimension.

[00:00:59] It was self serving just like this is.

[00:01:01] Conveniently religious on Easter Sunday and on Christmas.

[00:01:05] The television went from being a babysitter to a mistress.

[00:01:08] Technology made it easy for us

[00:01:10] To stay in touch while keeping a distance

[00:01:12] 'Til we just stayed distant and never touched.

[00:01:15] Now all we do is text too much.

[00:01:16] I don't remember much from my youth.

[00:01:18] Maybe my memory is repressed.

[00:01:20] Or I just spent too much time

[00:01:21] Wondering if I'd live to have sex.

[00:01:23] Fell in love for the first time in 4th grade

[00:01:26] But I didn't have the courage to talk to her.

[00:01:28] In 8th grade I wrote her the note

[00:01:30] But I slipped it in someone else’s locker.

[00:01:32] Considered killing myself 'cause of that.

[00:01:34] It was a big deal.

[00:01:35] It was a blown cover.

[00:01:36] It was over for me.

[00:01:37] My goose was cooked.

[00:01:38] Stick a fork it me.

[00:01:39] The jig is up.

[00:01:40] I blew my chances the rest is history

[00:01:42] Our future was torn asunder.

[00:01:43] It became abundantly clear that

[00:01:44] I was only brought here to suffer.

[00:01:47] At least I didn't include my name.

[00:01:49] Thankfully I wrote the whole note in code

[00:01:51] And it had 10 layers of scotch tape safety

[00:01:53] Seal making it impossible to open.

[00:01:55] Plus it was set to self destruct.

[00:01:57] Whoever read it probably died…laughing.

[00:01:59] I wonder if they lived long enough

[00:02:00] To realize what happened.

[00:02:02] A year later I came to understand that

[00:02:05] Wasn't love that I was feeling for her.

[00:02:07] I had someone else to obsess over.

[00:02:09] I was older. I was very mature.

[00:02:11] I forged my time signature

[00:02:12] While practicing my parents autograph

[00:02:14] Cause I was failing math.

[00:02:16] Disconnected the phone when

[00:02:17] I thought the teacher would call my home.

[00:02:19] I checked the mailbox twice a day

[00:02:20] At the end of a long dirt road.

[00:02:22] Steamed open a couple envelopes like

[00:02:24] I was in private detective mode.

[00:02:26] If you snoop around long enough

[00:02:28] For something in particular

[00:02:29] You're guaranteed to find it.

[00:02:31] For better or worse that's how I learned that

[00:02:33] It's best to just keep some things private.

[00:02:36] It was the best of times.

[00:02:40] It was the end of times.

[00:02:45] It was the best of times.

[00:02:47] It was the end of times.

[00:02:49] It was the best of times.

[00:02:51] It was the end of times.

[00:02:52] Best of times end of times

[00:02:54] I was always on deck I was next in line.

[00:02:56] An only child with a pen and pad writing a list of things that

[00:02:59] I could never have.

[00:03:00] The walls in my house were paper thin.

[00:03:02] Every squabble seemed to get deafening.

[00:03:04] If my memory serves me correctly

[00:03:05] I made it a point to void and forget some things.

[00:03:08] Probably to keep from being embarrassed.

[00:03:10] Never meant to upset or give grief to my parents.

[00:03:12] Kept my secrets…hid my talents…

[00:03:13] In my head never under the mattress.

[00:03:16] Therapy couldn't break me.

[00:03:17] Never learned a word that would insure safety.

[00:03:19] So I spoke softly and I tip toed often.

[00:03:22] The door to my room was like a big old coffin.

[00:03:24] The way that it creeked when I closed it shut.

[00:03:26] Anxieties peaked when it opened up.

[00:03:28] As if everything that I was thinking would be exposed.

[00:03:30] I still sleep fully clothed.

[00:03:33] It was the best of times.

[00:03:40] It was beautiful.

[00:03:41] It was brutal.

[00:03:42] It was cruel.

[00:03:42] It was business as usual.

[00:03:44] Heaven. It was hell.

[00:03:46] Used to wonder if I'd live to see 12.

[00:03:48] When I did I figured that I was immortal.

[00:03:49] Loved to dance but couldn't make it to the formal.

[00:03:51] Couldn' bear watching my imaginary girlfriend

[00:03:53] Bust a move with any other dudes.

[00:03:55] Tone Loc was talking bout a “Wild Thang”

[00:03:58] But I was still caught up in some child thangs.

[00:04:00] Scared of a God who couldn't spare the rod.

[00:04:02] It was clearly a brimstone and fire thang.

[00:04:04] Pyromaniac. Kleptomaniac.

[00:04:06] Couldn't explain my desire to steal that fire.

[00:04:08] Now I add it to my rider.

[00:04:10] Like “Please oh please don't throw me in that patch of brier!”

[00:04:13] It was the best of times.

[00:04:17] It was the end of times.

[00:04:19] The school counselor was clueless

[00:04:20] Cause I never skipped classes.

[00:04:22] Perfect attendance.

[00:04:23] Imperfect accent.

[00:04:24] Speech impediment they could never really fix

[00:04:26] And I faked bad eyesight so I could wear glasses.

[00:04:28] Considered doing something that would cripple me.

[00:04:30] I wanted a wheelchair.

[00:04:31] I wanted the sympathy.

[00:04:32] I wanted straight teeth so then came braces.

[00:04:34] 4 years of head gear helped me change faces.

[00:04:37] It was the best of times.

[00:04:41] It was the end of times.

[00:04:44] Now I wonder if I'll live to see marriage.

[00:04:46] Wonder if I'll live long enough to have kids.

[00:04:48] Wonder if I'll live to see my kids have kids.

[00:04:50] If I do I’m gonna tell 'em how it is.

[00:04:52] “Don't listen when they tell you

[00:04:53] That these are your best years.

[00:04:54] Don't let anybody protect your ears.

[00:04:56] It's best that you hear

[00:04:57] What they don't want you to hear.

[00:04:58] It's better to have pressure

[00:04:59] From peers than not have peers.

[00:05:00] Beer won't give you chest hair.

[00:05:02] Spicy food won’t make it curl.

[00:05:04] When you think you've got it all figured out

[00:05:06] And then your universe collapses…

[00:05:08] Trust me kid…it’s not the end of the world