Hey wasn't it you I saw slipping under the wire
You who could manage a smile with your hair on fire
I thought it was something to be admired
But you're too precious and preoccupied
But you're too precious and preoccupied
For me
Hey of all this resentment I know a thing or two
Yeah they see a fortune as fortunate for you
But I see your father's hand in everything you do
But you're too precious and preoccupied
But you're too precious and preoccupied
For me
You were hoping for something better
Something better than this
There must be something
Something better
Something better than this
Now we're both on our backs just slipping under the wire
And we're missing the sacred things that we've set on fire
Til we come to resemble what we most admired
We're all too precious and preoccupied
We're all too precious and preoccupied