Crosswords, or What This Says About You

What a silly expression
 The news just got real for the new progressives
 We wait out the situation
 It seems like a thing, you wore a hubcap as a halo
 A father grows forgetful
 The mother lies in the light of the cable news feed
 (I remember all the days)
 In the course of your conversation
 You make an effort to fight off the sniffles
 Can't hear the bass
 I can't hear the bass
 
 (There you are the day before)
 I'm not playing, i'm not playing
 I'm not playing with you
 We're not playing, we're not playing
 We're not playing with you
 
 (Better than alone)
 I lost you somewhere at the airport
 You can find me at the Happy Clam
 There you are, your way, your, ooh
 We're not playing, we're not playing
 We're not playing with you
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 Seems like they used to be much larger
 Than they are right now
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 We're not playing
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 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 In the summer we opened up the windows
 The smell of sweet soothing pot smoke was no joke
 (In another, didn't know if you wanted to be
 You get a view from inside, if you wanted it to be)
 We had a view through the fir trees
 Oh so unhappy together
 You're not singing enough
 You're not playing
 Stressed out by the lunacy
 You're not playing, you're not playing
 You're not playing with me
 I'm not playing, I'm not playing
 I'm not playing
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 I can't hear the bass