Charlie is now reliving his teenage years, without realizing he is reliving them.
Though his memories of the future are gone, he still dreams of them every night. Visions of the apocalypse, Audrey, Vickie, Max and adult Billy haunt his nights.
He feels like he solved an equation that proves the world is truly meaningless. That every action he or anyone else takes is as meaningless as pouring a cup of water into an empty cup, then pouring it back into the first cup, then back again, then back again, back and forth, forever.
Every day he skips school to get high in the park, and every day he has the same fight with his parents when he comes home.
Lyrics:
And you were the last thing I saw as you the smoke started filling my lungs, and for just one moment I forgot to regret. Yes, here in this oblivion I have found a way to relieve myself from hearing all these things you never said again, again, and again. One thing is clear. I'll only find her in dreams where I fall along my number line till I'm awake, surprised to find her face erased from my mind. Basically leaving me blind.
So I walked away, but even that's not quite right, cuz I'm still searching for someone to run away from. But that killing sky is still dream. It's just like you, you are a dream. And the tragedy is this... Not having known you, that's the closest I'll get to bliss.
But now I see it's all empty. I'm stuck here in flatland. Stuck meaning nothing to no one. Feeling empty and unimportant. And all these implications of my observations have left me stranded and mute.
So I walked away, but even that's not quite right, cuz I'm still searching for someone to run away from. But that killing sky is still dream. It's just like you, you are a dream. And the tragedy is this... Despite all my longing and love, this is true. Not having known you...I will see you in a dream tonight I wove myself to try to fight this feeling of loss, and boredom unending, but I always wake up, and so when I meet her I won't know what to say, when I meet you I will remember that day, unrequited when my love did say this... Not having known you... Yeah, these days are filled with boredom unending. Not having known you...
Charlie:
That's the closest I'll get to bliss.
Dad:
I'm worried about our boy, it seems he can't feel any joy.
Mom:
Call somebody, we need to call someone for help.
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