The Dodos Album

Pace, back and forth along this road
All the stops we just go by
To the faces that we know
To the faces that we hide
Yeah we walk as if we’re told
"Not a single head held high"
To the ones we’ve come to know
To the ones we’ll lose in time

You give me yours, I give you mine
You never want it, you never want it
I gave you yours, now give me mine
I never want it, I never wanted it all

In past, a creation we defy
We’re a group of undecideds
While the fate of nation slides
We just keep from getting high
And we stick to what we know
It’s the things that get us by
We’ll just sit and spin our woe
While the rest of earth just dies

You give me yours, I give you mine
You never want it, you never want it
I gave you yours, now give me mine
I never want it, I never wanted it all

Faith, all the giving world has died
This disease that gets us by
It’s a plague in peoples’ minds
It’s a circle left untied
To the ones who drink their wine
While the rest of us just die
Yeah they raise their glasses high
To the ones they’ll kill in time

You give me yours, I give you mine
You never want it, you never want it
I gave you yours, now give me mine
I never want it, I never wanted it all

One, two, three

Ruby's out there on the block
Chasing down her little dog
Calling out but he won't stop
'Cause he's sick of feeling stuck
Can't provide the things she wants
She won't handle when he's gone
He's getting free, he's going long
Feeling further as he runs
I hope he does

Neighbor's out there in the yard
Doing pull-ups on his bar
Getting stronger, working hard
Gonna have a ahead start
Gonna look just like a star
Gonna go out stealing hearts
I hope he falls

I know them
They know me
They're the ones
That I see
Everyday
Probably
We don't smile
We don't speak

Sammy's out there painting trees
Covering up the graffiti
Mumbling something through his teeth
About the kids out on the street
He won't leave it, let it be
Maybe they'll come back and see
Overpermanently
He'll go mad, he'll go crazy
I hope he does

I know them
They know me
They're the ones
That I see
Everyday
Probably
We don't smile
We don't speak

I know them
They know me
They're the ones
That I see
Everyday
Probably
We don't smile
We don't speak

Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak (Oh)
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak (Oh)
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak

(Oh)
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak (Oh)
Don't smile, don't speak
Don't smile, don't speak (Oh, oh)

This is the sign
I use to wear
This is the line
It says I care
I found a reason
I found a tear
Last year
I am a boy
You want a man
I am indifferent
You want a plan
I'm getting out
I'm getting there
Next year

We are in love
We are at war
I feed myself
You feed the poor
I write the fiction
You write the lore
These are addictions
I've seen before
And if I get out
I won't be saved
You are my keeper
I am your slave
You're in my thoughts
You're in my way
Keep all the weakers
Bury the brave

This is a game
You're involved
I am the player
You have control
There is an ante
There is a toll
Buy in
I want a space
You want a home
You need to have it
You need to own
Let's build a flower
Let's watch it grow
And die

We are in love
We are at war
I feed myself
You feed the poor
I write the fiction
You write the lore
These are addictions
I've seen before
And if I get out
I won't be saved
You are my keeper
I am your slave
You're in my thoughts
You're in my way
Keep all the weakers
Bury the brave

We were walking down the block when we thought the bomb went off
And our hearts nearly stopped at the sound
When we looked and we found that it hit some other crowd
I was glad it wasn't us, yeah I was proud

Cause I fall and I break just as easy as an egg
Yeah, my shell isn't as hard as it seems
When my insides gush out there's no telling what it's about
When it'll stop, when it'll seed, when it'll bleed

Yeah, I just stay in my home, in my home, in my home
Yeah, I just stay in my home, in my home, in my home

Well, I take a look outside at the pretty girls outside
But I can't make myself say "Hi" because I'm scared
Because I spend all this time all locked up inside
It's the only place I know how to bare

Cause you can go out and meet some girl you can't defeat
And you think that she must be the one
Until you're walking down the isle and she takes away your smile
Boy you wish you hadn't dialed before you wrung

Oh you should stay in your home, in your home, in your home
Oh you should stay in your home, in your home, in your home

Well they talk of your past, yeah they said it wouldn't last
But they're running pretty fast back on their word
It was gone for a while but it's coming back in style
Better run back where you're from and join the mass

Yeah we'll just stay in our home, in our homes
Yeah we'll just stay in our home, in our homes

You can hide behind it
You can subtly pose it
You can wear it out, you like, I know you will
They are taking over
It's on every other
It will tell a story like the ones you read

I will never have one
I will never have one
It would grow and spark some light
It would be an ugly sight, so please
Don't look upon my face
Don't look upon my face

And grow it out until it comes to standing still
Join the crowd of aging beards a'many

They are looking at me
They are looking at me
Through those beady eyes
They're thinking what they will
They will keep them safe and warm
From the cold of other's charm, I warn
Don't look upon that face
Don't look upon that face

And grow it out until you found your inner piece
Join the crowd of aging beards a'many

Here they come, we panic, scream and run (Oooh)
And please beware, they'll kill without a care (oooh)

Clasp your hands and make some weather
Cause after all we live together
Soak up the ball, though which we're tethered
Close up this space, close up the nether
We stand worlds apart

It grows, this dark, the demons, and the sharks (oooh)
But once too tall, they'll crumble, it will fall (oooh)

Clasp your hands and make some weather
Cause after all we live together
Soak up the ball, though which we're tethered
Close up this space, close up the nether
We stand worlds apart
We stand worlds apart

I had a friend who told me that
The world was going to end
He went to school to learn the law
So he could help defend
"These wolves", he said, "are gathering,
They're meeting on a farm,
They'll start a revolution and they'll never take a part

And all my friends are leaving me
They don't see, they don't see, they don't see my plight
And oh my mom, she yelled at me
We don't talk, we just fight, doing that with me all night
And all my girlfriends bother me
They don't like, they don't like, they don't like the things they see in me
They won't change, they won't change, they won't change, they're not changing me
And oh my dog, he died last week
We would sit, we would talk, he would bark, and I would ball and weep
He was kind, he was smart, he don't mind, he was a friend to me

And all my failures, I can see
What I'd wrong, what I'd right, how I did, it almost started it, please
And all these chickens telling me
"You're a fool, you're a liar, should've up and thrown him in the fire"
I don't care, if any right, I can see the dark tonight
I can fail, I can fail, if I'm going to hell, don't matter here
And oh one day, will be my turn
All these birds will come alive, throw me in the fire and watch me burn

i've got a lot to prove
i need to tell you
i've played the part of cool
it's what i sell you

i listen good
i listen well
you're old, and you
have much to tell
so come out of
your quiet spell
i've heard her scream
i know she yells
i've seen it, too
i know it well
so while she's gone,
i'll entertain you

there's not a lot that i could write
about you
your name is bob, you smoke a pipe
that's what it amounts to

but we're the same
we are one piece
we're victims of
the same disease
you deal with her,
i'll deal with these
you sit and stare
off into space
you've got much more
to think than say
i know you won't,
but you want to

you've spent your time
you've spent my life
stuck in your room
i take it hard, because i tried
to get you out, to
to have a stroll
to have a talk
about your world
about the laws
that keep you stuck
that keep you locked
i know it's hard
for you to change
before we part
our seperate ways
you need to know:
i understand you.

I cried for you, what a waste of time
I gave away into, oh my weaker side
Now my heart's in two, 'cause I made you lie
Oh whoa, oh whoa
Oh whoa, oh whoa

I go out for a while, always ends up in a dial
'Cause I run out of the trust that I had when I was a child
So I make you into just another chip in my smile
Oh whoa, oh whoa
Oh whoa, oh whoa

And I walk 'til I erase it
But I call 'cause I can't replace it
And my voice, yeah, I betrayed it
And I fall, because I can't face it

I've played into a part just to make you mine
Yeah, we had a failed start, didn't know why we tried
Now it's been so long and far since the time it died
But I know that in my heart, better say our goodbyes
Oh whoa, oh whoa
Oh whoa, oh whoa

And I walk 'til I erase it
But I call 'cause I can't replace it
And my voice, yeah, I've betrayed it
And I fall because I can't face it

We tried but we failed
Been saving our place
We have all the heart
But none of the ambition
We make the most sense
They laugh in our face
We're nerds but we're dumb
Its just a position
To good for our looks
Too good for our folks
We're leaving this town
We're joining a space team.
In times we held our hands to our mouths
We spoke to our selves
While thinking aloud

These days are number now
We found an idea
We hide it
We hide it

I swear that i felt
When every one laughed
A piece of my self
A habit was forming
I think of the hell
It keeps me in check
In all that i do
In 9 in the morning
I know what i need
I am needing it bad
Its still in the cards
The record is playing
You have what you need
You keep it in store
Incase that you loose it
While looking for

These days come back again
We found an idea
We fight it
We fight it

Lets build a wall
Against the cynical acts
Its gotten old
Its still in tact
This holes been filled
With memories traped
The thought remains
It will not react
React react
React, react, react

Goodbye to my friends
Goodbye to my folks
I'll see you in hell
I'll see you in heaven
I know what i know
I am how act
Where ever i go
I am what i'm given
These stories are told
To audience backs
This barrel of laughs
Is there but its broken
We'll keep it in mind
We'll keep it instilled
We'll follow the line
We'll follow until

These days come back again
We found an idea
But we lost it
We lost it

Lets build a wall
Against the cynical acts
Its gotten old its still in tact
This holes been filled with memories traped
The thought remains
It will not react
React react
React, react, react
React, react, react
React, react, react

(nerds)
(nerds)
(nerds)
(nerds)

Look at yourself, look at me, dear
How did we become this tear?
Why can we learn to subtract?
You are lit, but behind I see black

It's time against your back
It's time against your back

I have cleared, dry erase this board
I have steered, I am heading for shore
Don't look back just to see what it was for
There's no use, there is nothing more

But time against your back
But time against your back

You won't speak, when you do you still don't
I've been due, you're a bitch, you're a whore
I will love you forevermore
Let's begin, let us love to destroy

With time against our backs
With time against our backs