North Star Bar

Drew a constellation on the ceiling in my room High-heart motivation for the day I shoot the moon But I could've aimed if I cut a hole in the roof The guiding lights in redshift fading make my stomach sink The North Star bar got torn down before I could even drink I went from green to mean and jaded Hospice nurse to hospice patient Seeing off a bygone era Emerald City's looking ancient By the time we made it up here Everything I loved about it had been gone Like light pollution, yuppies forced high noon at Sunset Strip The old haunts in my hometown, boards in Theseus' ship I watched that place become a stranger to us all I'm gonna make your deathbed At a table at some pub Raise a glass over your carcass Here's to all the ones you loved The world I know, is not the one I hoped it was But it was there (Da-da-da-da-da) (Da-da, da-da-da) (Da-da-da, da-da-da) It was there (It was there) (Da, da-da-da-da) (Da-da-da. da-da) (Da-da-da, da-da-da) The world I know, is not the one I hoped it was But it was there