Slint

[Hook 1]

This place is down, it's up to see

Got some, got two in one

The mystery's out with the cheek and tongue

It's a question of pride, forget you not

Take this as a force to [?]

The four leaf clover was a [?]

[Verse]

I see your face etched in stained glass (angelic)

Meant that as measurement

Angelic, fuck you can't spell it (uh uh)

Closest to the heaven when coppin' that Jannis Joplin fuel

Articulate like Bob Dylan, just talkin' cool

(it's all prose witchu)

That's your speech impediment

Talkin' riddles, circles, codes, until you can gel it then keep 'em distant

Till you collide with people, places, failings too persistent, uh huh

Gotta keep that courage convincing

Got you chain smoking regrets

Clinging to an empty lighter

Burn up all your cigarettes

The tar'll stay inside your lungs

Hold tighter

It's got me sickly, give me time, love, trust, and a bouquet and forget me quickly

So I'm- I'm pullin' petals like, she loves me not (she loves me not)

She loves me not enough to stop herself

(we like it awkward hot)

I'm thinkin' stop thinkin' thoughts like this

Clock's tickin', plot thickens when she drops a kiss

I pick it up, like "hey, I think you lost this, miss"

Got me wishin', but to you, our silent speech was tongue n' cheek

Make your true feelings hard to reach from tongue to cheek

From high intensity to barely touch, to barely speak

Speak, please speak, say somethin' monumental

Pretend your- Pretend your kindest words were accidental

Pretend I'm dead, I'll do the same for you

(fact)

Lets make a toast to us, infatuation with a ghost

[Instrumental]

[Hook 2]

This place is down, it's up to see

[?] left us thinkin'

[?] were blind [?]

Compromising

It's never a crime, what's to say?

Choose wise, damned is the fool

Who's battery burns to long to be cool

So take it in stride, so you can [?]

You'll be damned to repeat it