The Animal Has Left Its Shell

[Verse 1]

There've been skeletons

Out of steel north of town

And it'll be at least fifteen years

Before the comet now

Well, and the charm wears off

At the very first rings of frost

Well, this village is littered with beetle husks

And they're rising like ghosts in the dust

[Chorus]

And we all shrug, "oh well"

Well, now the animal has left its shell

And we all shrug, "oh well"

But now the animal has left its shell

[Verse 2]

But when there's nothing more to consume

For people that just eat land

Well, then the crickets are drowning out

The sound of dry wringing hands

Leafing through numbers that used to belong

To their bankers, mechanics, and newspaper scores

[Chorus]

And we all shrug, "oh well"

But now the animal has left its shell

And we all shrug, "oh well"

But now the animal has left its shell