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Little Bribes
02:46
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The Eiffel tower built to smaller scale
In the freshest oxygen I’d ever inhaled
I tapped a bottle against a safety rail killing time
And you were like a walking compliment
Tall in stature and exceptionally read
In dummy glasses and a cardigan (uh c'mon)
And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers and waitresses all around
You said that all these things you learned to ignore
The hidden cameras on the casino floor
And what gets paid for behind hotel doors (uh c'mon)
And you pretend every slot machine is a robot amputee waving 'hello'
And the people stare into their eyes and they feed them little bribes and then they go
In the never ending twilight
In a basement where the sun has never spilt
You said that you were lonely
And then we kissed like lonely people do
You said this city has a beating heart
That pushes people down the boulevard
And they're all hoping for a wish fulfilled
In a desert for a dollar bill
And those foolish dreams you know they plague me still (uh c'mon)
And oh so empty were the faces of the dealers and the waitresses all around
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Pity, take pity on me 'cause I’m not half the man that I should be
Always turning to run from the people I should not be afraid of
And darling you should know that I have fantasies about being alone
It’s like love is a lesson I can't learn so I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn
And I know you can't hold out forever waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't swim but who will dip his toe in just to keep you here with him
I’ve got this habit I abhor when we go out I’m always watching the door
As if there's someone I’m gonna see who could outdo the things that you do to me
And I know you can't hold out forever waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't fly but who will take to the skies if he thinks that you're about to say goodbye
Pity, take pity on me 'cause I’m not half the man that I should be
And I don't blame you if you've had enough of all these empty promises and countless bluffs
And I know you can't hold out forever waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't jump when he falls in love
He just stands with his toes on the edge and he waits for it to disappear again
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My Mirror Speaks
03:30
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With every sun that sets I am feeling more like a stranger on a foreign shore
With an eroding beach disappearing from under me
And when my mirror speaks it never minces words that these eyes don't shine half as bright
As the used to do and they haven't for quite a while
'Cause I’m a man who hides from all that binds in a mess of fading lines
And there's a tangled thread inside my head with nothing on either end
I always fall in love with an open door or the horizon on an endless sea
As I look around the ones who are standing right in front of me
And then my mirror speaks with irreverence like a soldier I can't command
As it sees the frightened child in the body of a full grown man
And he's a man who hides from all that binds in a mess of fading lines
And there's a tangled thread inside his head with nothing on either end
There’s nothing on the ends
A new position for a different view but nothing changes but the slightest hues
When I am standing face to face
With a man who hides from all that binds in a mess of fading lines
And there's a tangled thread inside his head with nothing on either end
And I’m a man who hides from all that binds in a mess of fading lines
And there's a tangled thread inside my head with nothing on either end
There’s nothing on the ends
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I Was Once A Loyal Lover
03:23
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Will I have learned so very little when these bones are old and brittle
I wait to talk when I should listen and cloud mistakes with false revisions
All my friends are forward thinking getting hitched and quitting drinking
And I can feel them pulling away as I’m resigned to stay the same
And you can't even begin to know how many times I’ve told myself I told you so
I was once a loyal lover who's lips did never seek another’s
But now each love is like a match a blinding spark that burns out fast
And they all conclude with the same sentence: 'I’ve never met someone more self-centered
Who thinks that life with a nice girl's like waiting for a bus to work.'
And you can't even begin to know how many times I’ve told myself I told you so
And you can't even believe there's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
If you deem it so, just cut the chord and go
You’ll be fine there's plenty of hills to climb
And you can't even begin to know how many times I’ve told myself I told you so
And you can't even believe there's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me
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Talking Bird - Demo
03:19
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Oh my talking bird though you know so few words
They’re on infinite repeat like your brain can’t keep up with your beak
And you’re kept in an open cage and you’re free to leave or stay
But sometimes you get confused like there’s a hint that I’m trying to give you
And the longer you think the less you know what to do
It’s hard to see your way out when you live in a house in a house
‘Cause you don’t realize that the windows were open the whole time
But oh my talking bird though your feathers are tattered and furled
I’ll love you all your days ‘til the breath leaves your delicate frame
And it’s all here for you as long as you chose to stay
It’s all here for you as long as you don’t fly away
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Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. The band’s tenth studio album ‘Asphalt Meadows’ is out now. ... more
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