[Intro]
Careful, of who you let control the places you will go (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Oh no, in every teenage soul, that old magnetic pull (Oh oh oh oh oh)

[Verse 1]
"Give me a present," She said "I, I don't care if you're present. I just want you to take care of me because no one ever has before. This place feels over-crowded and somehow... somehow comfort doesn't feel comfortable. Everyone looks familiar and yet still feels distant. The dog starts barking next to you. The television's pointless so you fast forward to the fight scenes cause you're addicted to action."

[Chorus]
Careful, of what you let control the things you think you know (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Hold on, there's poison in the sink, the inner-city's drink (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Careful of who you let control the people that you know (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Caffeine, mutation in your genes, religion and vaccines (Oh oh oh oh oh)

[Verse 2]
"I never dreamed you'd be such a terror," She says
Like she's been living with a monster and she's constantly anxious about her relationship with existence at the present... but anyway
In the four years since college, she's been dreading all the birthdays cause they mark the months spent wasted while she's faking expeditions and practicing positions for the next time she feels she really needs god

[Chorus]
Careful, of who you let control the people that you know (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Back seats, submissions of defeat, I'm being indiscreet (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Careful, of what you can't control in any place you go (Oh oh oh oh oh)
I'm told, you can't knock out parole, he's wearing all your clothes (Oh oh oh oh oh)

[Bridge]
I'm secretly sorry
I've got a lot to say, but I don't know how
But I don't know how

Careful, I know you want control but it's so hard to hold (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Stand down, the kids are lookin' round, and everything they found is (Oh oh oh oh oh)

[Chorus]
Careful, religion is routine, I don't know what that means (Oh oh oh oh oh)
I get, why you might be upset, red wine and cigarettes (Oh oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh oh)