Lyrics of 'Like a Staring Contest' by The Future Kings of Nowhere

I've been going through the records
We're not getting any better
Maybe I'm just getting bitter
I don't really care, whatever
I'm so tired of open warfare
When the point of this was to be best of friends

We've been going 'round in circles
Like a plane without an engine
As we spiral down the slipstream
Of our quickly-sinking friendship
It's a train wreck of an ending
It's the same as if we'd never even met

And now, I'm going through the motions
Like a drunken ballerina
Who's too tired to dance
But keeps on getting up to see if
Anybody stuck around to see
A show that has been over now for days
And I know that they're gone
But I keep checking anyway

We've been standing here for hours
On the edges of a canyon
I've got my side, you've got yours
And we're both about to fall in
The pole we hold between us
Is the only thing that's keeping us aloft

And we're standing in the hallway
Both resolved to finally do this
We each have our guns drawn
But neither of us wants to shoot first
We could stay like this forever
We could stay like this and never leave

But there are standards I expect
Our breaking up to measure up to
When you fall in love as hard
And recklessly as you and I do
It seems that the final act should have
The same intensity as the first scene
If I don't lose a couple teeth
Then it just won't feel real to me

So, we fall onto the floor
Not really sure if this
Is breaking bones
Or making up
Maybe a bit of both
But, I won't look away first
And you won't look away first

It's a simple proposition
Said the rabbit to the badger
I am sure if we're committed
We could dig our way to China
Wouldn't it be great to see the wall
And all those people standing on their heads?

So, they each picked up a shovel
Throwing dirt over their shoulders
And with every shovel pulled
Their little hole got a bit deeper
till they had to climb down in it
Just to reach the bottom layer

They went on like this all night
Scooping up and tossing out dirt
In the morning, they realized
They weren't getting any further
The hole had grown so deep that
The dirt they threw kept falling back on them

Said the badger to the rabbit
I am sure if we continue
We'll pull through this on top
Perseverance is a virtue
So, they scooped it and they tossed it
While the dirt piled up around their legs
And in a matter of hours
They buried themselves in it

And we fall onto the floor
Not really sure if this
Is breaking bones
Or making up
Maybe a bit of both
But, I won't look away first
And you won't look away first

I've been going through the records
We're not getting any better
Maybe I've just gotten bitter
I don't really care, whatever
I'm so tired of open warfare
When the point of this was to be best of friends

We've been going 'round in circles
Like a plane without an engine
As we spiral down the slipstream
Of our quickly-sinking friendship
It's a train wreck of an ending
It's the same as if we'd never even met

But, now I'm going through the motions
Like a dedicated doctor
Whose patient has been broken
With no chance that he'll recover
I keep shocking at the body
Just trying to make the heartbeat stay
And, I know that it's gone
But I keep trying anyway

Yeah, we fall onto the floor
Not really sure if this
Is breaking bones
Or making up
Maybe a bit of both
But, I won't look away first
And you won't look away first

No, I won't look away first
And you won't look away first