Things are alright

I am giving myself headaches
I am eating foods I hate
So when I go back to things I do want
I can appreciate the change

Some days I will look up cities
Where the weather's worse than here
Invent the name of someone who lives there
Feel kind of bad and have a beer

And I can prove that I've tried
No, I am resigned
To the ways that things are alright

I am making some new friends here
Who I can like and then avoid
So I can reaffirm my reasons
For calling loneliness a choice

When I revisit old feelings
I declare them better left behind
'Cos I think love is just the act
Of thinking you're in love at the time

And I can prove that I've tried
No, I am resigned
To the ways that things are alright