Don't Swallow the Cap (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)

[Spoken: Matt Berninger]

About the weather

[Verse 1]

Gold light breaks behind the houses

I don't see what's strange about this

Tiny bubbles hang above me

It's a sign that someone loves me

I can hardly stand up right

I hit my head upon the light

I have faith but don't believe it

It's not there enough to leave it

[Pre-Chorus]

Everything I love is on the table

Everything I love is out to sea

[Verse 2]

I have only two emotions

Careful fear and dead devotion

I can't get the balance right

With all my marblеs in the fight

I see all the ones I wеnt for

All the things I had it in for

I won't cry until I hear

'Cause I was not supposed to be here

[Pre-Chorus]

Everything I love is on the table

Everything I love is out to sea

[Chorus]

I'm not alone

I'll never be

And to the bone

I'm evergreen

[Verse 3]

I'm tired, I'm freezing, I'm dumb

When it gets so late I forget everyone

I need somewhere to stay

I don't think anybody I know is awake

Calm down, it's alright

Keep my arms the rest of the night

When they ask, what do I see?

I say a bright, white, beautiful heaven hanging over me

[Bridge]

Ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Chorus]

I'm not alone

I'll never be

And to the bone

I'm evergreen

And if you want (Dead seriously)

To see me cry (Don't swallow the cap)

Play "Let It Be" (Pat yourself on the back)

Or "Nevermind" (Dead seriously)

[Verse 4]

Is it time to leave? Is it time to think about

What I wanna say to the girls at the door?

I need somewhere to be

But I can't get around the river in front of me

Calm down, it's alright

Leave my arms the rest of the night

When they ask, what do I see?

I say a bright, white, beautiful heaven hanging over me

[Bridge]

Ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Chorus]

I'm not alone (Dead seriously)

I'll never be (Don't swallow the cap)

And to the bone (Pat yourself on the back)

I'm evergreen (Dead seriously)

And if you want (Dead seriously)

To see me cry (Don't swallow the cap)

Play "Let It Be" (Pat yourself on the back)

Or "Nevermind" (Dead seriously)

[Audience Clapping]

[Spoken: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner]

Thank you so much

Thank you very much

We're taping this, these shows

In an old school original style

With equipment from 1972 that was used here, all the same and I can't remember the shhh details

I'll tell you tomorrow

We found out today that one of our old friends from Cincinnati, Ohio passed away yesterday, Jimmy

He was a good friend of Bryce and Bryan and I so this is for Jimmy

I have, sorry to pile on, but a dear friend, also a dear friend of a mother of one of my best friends also died two days ago

So these shows are for the friends we've lost

Just, just stay close and reach out to your friends

This is for those guys