I look exhausted, oh stiff and awkward on the outside of the moment

It's not my first time bitter, drunk on a red carpet

Or my first time losing, and it won't be my last

You said ignore it

Oh, california is so much more than some award show

You're no more important than an insect on a window

They'll see you climbing but won't care 'til you get close.

Said some people don't know why they're wolves

They just howl for the sound of it

Some will never know they're beautiful

Until the crowd points it out for them

But I see you through a camera flash

I look back and you laugh and this is hard

But I feel less far.

This ain't watertown

I'm on alien ground

I'm a college kid

With my windows down

I'm an astronaut

You're the moon

I stare at you

I sing to you

I circle you.

Rain on a steel roof, leaks through the ceiling

Hits the patrons in the ballroom

You said "oh look babe, even god is trying to warn you

All this ain't for you"

But I cling to my seat.

Said some people don't know why they're wolves

They just howl for the sound of it

Some will never know they're beautiful

Until the crowd points it out for them

But I see you through a camera flash

I look back and you laugh and this is hard

But I feel less far.

This ain't watertown

I'm on alien ground

I'm a college kid

With my windows down

I'm an astronaut

You're the moon

I stare at you

I sing to you.

But I clutch my cloth

And I bite my tongue

I'm an aging wolf

Who lost the taste for blood

Even anxious pups need the moon

I howl for you

I sing to you

I circle you

I circle you

I circle you.

If I'm gonna lose you either way

If I'm gonna lose you either way

If I'm gonna lose you either way

If I'm gonna lose you either way.