King Of The Never-Wills lyrics - Dawes

I watched you hold court with the graduate class of your fan club

Those same tired stories at the end of your favorite bar

And to give 'em a bit of suspense

You tell them in the present tense

As if you believe that's the person you somehow still are

The assumption was always that you were a little too special

To pay the same share of the dues that all of us owe

You convinced us to change up the plan

And prepare the road for the man

Instead of just simply preparing the man for the road

Well, everything goes out of fashion

You went way over that hill

You couldn't go on as a has-been

You had to be king of the never-wills

You used to say that my beers were a bit too expensive

To get to the heart of what drove a true seeker to drink

And after we both forced a laugh

Your eyes tried to take that joke back

Once you could tell that I knew that's what you really think

How did this catastrophe happen?

And why is it happening still?

You couldn't go on as a has-been

You had to be king of the never-wills

As we walked to my car, we both heard a small pack of coyotes

Telling the neighborhood they all found something to eat

And after the howls died away

You sobered up only to say

"It's too late to be anything we never wanted to be"

I dropped you at Hillhurst and Franklin

To let the long night go in for the kill

You couldn't go on as a has-been

You had to be king of the never-wills

Now you're the heart of a story that goes on without you

We've distilled your whole person to only the best memories

You're a fixture at all open mics

The kids asked me if we were alike

But when I look in the mirror

Yours is the face that I see

And it's worse than I could've imagined

As I lift up my glass to get filled

I refuse to go on as a has-been

I'd rather be king of the never-wills

I'd rather be king of the never-wills

I'd rather be king of the never-wills