Why Can't You Be

Are you frightened by the weight you possess or
 Is this life just weightlessness
 And smoggy twilight in LA
 I can't think of one real thing to say
 And you and me are out walking in the canyons
 She forgets that we were friends
 I guess it all depends on your mood
 Why can't these meds be any damn good
 And she said
 Why can't you be
 Like my waterpik shower massager
 A sweet reliable machine
 And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
 My water massagers the purest love I've ever known
 Why can't you be
 Like when I was 13
 And I said,
 Why can't you be
 Like an art house foreign movie
 Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
 And aloof to me, yeah
 And why can't you be
 A little more of a mystery
 Why can't you be
 The part of me that's missing
 Instead of leaving me for some other
 Say we're perfect for each other
 And I know we won't spend our lives alone
 And she said,
 Why can't you be
 Like an outsourced government contract
 I'm a fat cat gettin' away with anything
 Kicking some secret special powers
 Illumination rounds in showers
 Cause your tearing your hair out
 While we can have a bed of flowers
 And I said,
 Why can't you be
 Like the chicks out on the road
 Some girls are happy just to see me
 'Cause you got moxie and a broken nose
 You take them away from this prose
 Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
 Why can't you play
 A little less rough
 Why can't you be
 The part of me that's missing
 Instead of leaving me for some other
 Say we're perfect for each other
 And I know we won't go spend this life alone
 Can we
 just leave it be
 We ccould live
 our lives
 separately
 Could you forget
 what happens to you
 To you and me
 When we're dead
 and we'll be dead
 We'll have eternity
 And I will spend it all
 missing you
 Seeing you and me
 So while I'm alive
 I will always be
 Seeking you out
 Digging you out
 Wondering about
 how it goes so far down
 and what's wrong with you
 wrong with you and me
 And she said,
 Why can't you be
 Someone lookin' deeper into me
 Like JD Salinger
 Why do I challenge her
 In all these surface ways
 That you displease
 Why can't you be
 A little more at ease
 Well,
 Why can't you be
 Like a hand rolled cigarette
 I'm not joking
 This masochistic self-pity of smoking
 And this city ditty
 I keep provoking you to leave me
 And she said,
 Why can't you be
 Like a candle I can snuff
 You're still a diamond in the rough
 And I swear to god I've had enough
 How can I
 call your bluff?