It's Only Life

Died in the war you have been
Cornered by your natural desire
You wanna hop along with the giddy throng through life
How are you meant to steer when you're grinding all your gears
You have been talking for hours
You said time will wash every tower to the sea
Now you have got this worry in your heart
Well it guess its only life is only natural
We all spend a little while going down the rabbit whole
The things they taught you come back to hunt you
They got your back against the wall
Call you on the telephone
Won’t you pick up the receiver
I have been down the very road you are walking now
It doesn’t have to be so dark and lonesome
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out

And turn it back around

You've used to be such a lion
Before you got into all this crying on my lap
Back when you Thought I would never get this far
But did your really think I shut an open door
The future is calling and I am gonna answer
The wheels in motion I never drank your potion
And I know it breaks your heart
Open up the parachute something has got to stop the free fall
I have been down the very road you are walking now
It doesn’t have to be so dark and lonesome
Take a while till we figure this out
Turn it back around

(The Shins)

Kissing The Lipless

Called to see
If your back
Was still aligned
And your sheets
Were growing grass
All on the corners of your bed

But you've got too much to wear
On your sleeves
It has too much to do with me
And secretly
I want to bury in the yard
The grey remains of a friendship scarred

You told us of your new life there
You got someone coming round
Gluing tinsel to your crown
He's got you talkin' pretty loud

You berate remember
Your ailing heart and your criminal eyes
You say you're still in love
If it's true, what can be done?
It's hard to leave all those moments behind

Called to see
If your back
Was still aligned
And your sheets
All growing grass
All on the corners of your bed

But you've got too much to wear
On your sleeves
It has too much to do with me
And secretly
I want to bury in the yard
The grey remains of a friendship scarred

You've tested your metal of
Doe's skin and petals
While kissing the lipless
Who bleed all the sweetness away

(The Shins)