I'm never good when left to my own devices
I'm fine at first but then it lasts too long
I never could be counted on in a crisis
Too hard to find I'm just a vagabond
I wish you could be someone that I can talk to
I wish you knew me like I want you to
But I ain't got time to take you all on a walkthrough
There's too many other things I wanna do

But we can sit here for a drink or two
And talk about the weather
Talk about the weather
But there's some other things I need from you
Besides the simple talk
And a laugh when we're together
I get up and say peace to you
And walk to make it better
Walk to make it better
Though I'm not sure why I'm leavin you
But you'll never understand
And I can't see it through

I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone to sit and spend a day on the ground
Someone to tell me I should stay in this town
But you don't know a thing about me
I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone who'll let me spend a day in a frown
Someone who'll put up with this negative clown
But you don't know a thing about me

You only get so many people who know you
Once they're all gone you can't replace the ghosts
You all don't know me
You just know what I show you
Or what I tell you in a Facebook post
I got a couple I got left I can talk to
But we're all so scattered it's impossible
And I ain't got time to take you all on a walkthrough
So get up and leave and I'll just watch you go

But we can sit here for a drink or two
And talk bout politicians
Talk bout politicians
But there's some other things I need from you
Besides the simple talk
I just want someone to listen
I get up and say peace to you
And laugh bout what I'm missin
Laugh bout what I'm missin
Cos I'm not sure why I'm leavin you
But you'll never understand and I can't see it through

I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone to sit and spend a day on the ground
Someone to tell me I should stay in this town
But you don't know a thing about me
I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone who'll let me spend a day in a frown
Someone who'll put up with this negative clown
But you don't know a thing about me

I've been out to sea for way too long
And need to hit the dock
I've been aimin hard but never hit the spot
Miss the plot
I can listen watch
Get a little blister pop
Fish some rocks
Flick a wrist and flop
But I can't hit the top
I wish it'd stop
But I gotta keep aimin
Keep namin these pictures I keep framin
This one here I call Damon
This one here needs replacin
This whole process takes some patience
But I'm nothin if I'm not waitin
Not pacing back to middle of the frame
It's a game with a trap in the middle
Lemme rap for a little
Talk your ear off
Take a few shots just to walk the beer off
Have another round then it's off to play
I would stay but it's been a pretty awful day
And I don't want you to know that
I want you to believe what I want you to believe
So I leave
And drown in my own thoughts on the ride home
And down one or two more soon as I'm alone
As soon as I'm a grown man everything changes
Soon as I'm my own man everything's phases
All the same pages I read at the start of the book
Appear again in a whole different part of the book
So man look
It's not like I'm cryin for help
But there's a knot and I can't untie it myself
If I could just get it loose I'd be fine
All I need to get by is a little bit of time
And an anchor

I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone to sit and spend a day on the ground
Someone to tell me I should stay in this town
But you don't know a thing about me
I need an anchor weighing me down
Someone who'll let me spend a day in a frown
Someone who'll put up with this negative clown
But you don't know a thing about me