No People Just Cutouts
from The Land by The Wind-up Birds
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lyrics
What do you think you’re doing?
Put your shoes back on you dirty bastard
You know this room’s only small
And yet somehow you’ve managed to make it smaller
Hey there’s people outside
I think they want to look in
Well good luck staring through my lead curtains
Have I been hasty?
Have I been harsh?
Well we could slip out back
And they’ll definitely never find us
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
So its only cold
If you say its cold?
Well lets be warm
I can keep you warm
Here’s some stuff to keep your mind of things
I’ve told you before
Revenge is nothing at all
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
And we tried
(They dream, they dream and then they stop
And then its all about hanging around complaining)
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And swap them round quite often
For pretend conversations
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And we will poor them wine
But we will drink it ourselves
Lets play a game
With our new cutout friends
They’re not that daring
But at least we always win
We can always choose ones
Who look expectant
And like they’re laughing
So we always seem like we are funny
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
And we tried
(They dream, they dream and then they stop
And then its all about hanging around complaining)
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And swap them round quite often
For pretend conversations
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And we will poor them wine
But we will drink it ourselves
You probably need me
To explain this again for you don’t you?
Put your shoes back on you dirty bastard
You know this room’s only small
And yet somehow you’ve managed to make it smaller
Hey there’s people outside
I think they want to look in
Well good luck staring through my lead curtains
Have I been hasty?
Have I been harsh?
Well we could slip out back
And they’ll definitely never find us
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
So its only cold
If you say its cold?
Well lets be warm
I can keep you warm
Here’s some stuff to keep your mind of things
I’ve told you before
Revenge is nothing at all
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
And we tried
(They dream, they dream and then they stop
And then its all about hanging around complaining)
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And swap them round quite often
For pretend conversations
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And we will poor them wine
But we will drink it ourselves
Lets play a game
With our new cutout friends
They’re not that daring
But at least we always win
We can always choose ones
Who look expectant
And like they’re laughing
So we always seem like we are funny
Gone was the bond and the bind
Eternally untwined
Left by the wayside
But we tried
And we tried
(They dream, they dream and then they stop
And then its all about hanging around complaining)
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And swap them round quite often
For pretend conversations
We can hold parties
No people just cutouts
And we will poor them wine
But we will drink it ourselves
You probably need me
To explain this again for you don’t you?
credits
from The Land,
released May 14, 2012
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New EP - "Pop. Thinking" is out now.
More gigs on the way as well.
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