Shins - So Says I Lyrics
An address to the golden doorI was strumming on a stone againPulling teeth from the pimps of gore when hatchedA tragic opera in my mind...And it told of a new designIn which every soul is duty boundTo uphold all the statutes of boredom therein liesThe fatal flaw of the red age'Cause it was nothing like we'd ever dreamtOur lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated'Cause it made no money nobody saved no one's life this time.So we burned all our uniformsAnd let nature take its course againAnd the big ones just eat all the little onesThat sends us back to the drawing board.In our darkest hoursWe have all asked for someAngel to comeSprinkle his dust all aroundBut all our crying voices they can't turn it aroundYou've had some crazy conversations of your own.We've got rules and maps and guns in our backsBut we still can't just behave ourselvesEven if to save our own lives so, says I, we are a brutal kind.'Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamtTell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt'Cause if it makes them money they might just give you life this time.
