Ribbon

[Intro]

(Standing at the back of the club)

(I watched you hit the drum)

[Verse]

Shuddering rhythm transmits the rhythm

Fluttering in it, there too, the feeling

Undulating, waving, a wave in it hits me again

Temperamental strip of metal rattling in a porous cage

Can't help shaking every time

Lightning strikes again and again

[Chorus]

My pain is ordinary

My pain is a canary

Singing in the mine, trying to keep you alive

My pain is ordinary

I'm just like anybody

Shaken, shook up, water on the lip of a cup

Shaking all over from you, or whatever

Rattled the plane of skin stretched over flesh and water

Can't help but move

Can't help shaking with the truth

My pain is ordinary

I'm just like anybody

I had to drive cross country just to

I had to drive three highways just to get away from you

[Outro]

Go down to the harbor, just like anybody

I go straight down to the water

Just to put my hands in it, feel if it's cold

Bring it to my mouth to taste the salt

Tang on my lips, just like a kiss

Just like tears, this ocean is