Title: Australia Artist: The Shins Album: Wincing the night away (released January 23, 2007) Composers: James Mercer ==========================================
Born to multiply Born to gaze into night skies All you want�s one more Saturday Well look here, until then They gonna buy your life�s time So keep your wick in the air and your feet and the furs �til the day
We come in doing cart wheels We all crawl out by ourselves And your shape on the dance floor will have me thinking such filth I�ll gouge my eyes
You�ll be damned to be one of us, girl, Faced with the dodo�s conundrum I felt like I could just fly But nothing happened every time I tried
The duotone on the wall Selfless fool who hoped he�d save us all Never dream just so is sterile hands
You keep them folded in your lap and waste them up to beg for scraps, You know, he's holding you down with the tips his fingers just the same
Will you be pulled from the ocean, but just a minute too late, Or changed by a potion, And find a handsome young mate for you to love
You'll be damned to pining through the window panes, You know you'd trade your life for any ordinary Joe, Well do it now or grow old Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold Been alone since you were twenty one, You haven't laughed since January. You try and make like this is so much fun, But we know it to be quite contrary.
La la la la la la la
Dare to be one of us, girl, Facing the android's conundrum, Ah I felt like I should just cry, But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin, You're him and in your coat You don't know how long I have been, Watching the lantern dim, Starved of oxygen, So give me your hand, and let's jump out the window.