That crucial filament is all but spent And soon it will be dark in my basementMy heart is waxing the slick floor againHoping I'll slip, and fall in loveWell, she gave me the choice To remain and rejoice, or to recoil and rebelWell, Papa, this gravity attackYeah, it's a gravity attackAnd I can't seem to carry, much less bury the pastWell, your ex-girlfriend said I was a terrible messYeah, she's got a real good head on her shouldersWhen the singer spoke and confessedHe didn't really smoke cigarettesShe said her teenage brother smoulderedOn a hotbed of coal in a sterile white roomUnderneath that Joy Division posterHe moaned, Papa, he moaned, PapaSometimes I gotta vent my spleenSometimes I gotta vent my spleenWhen I get shattered in the heartAnd scattered in the brainWell, all the medicine in these sermonsStill can't keep his brazen nose from turningAnd salvation, it may come free of chargeBut faith always costs him somethingThey say there's nothing as sacredAs the blood between brothersWhen it's pricked from their thumbsAnd exchanged beneath the coversWell, Papa, my brother is gone!Yeah, my brother is gone!So would you tell me now how it is I'm supposed to get along?Well, you asked for a chorus but you got a refrainYeah, it's another sad song that moves like a trainYou can't whistle to it But you can fast-forward through itFlick it off your shoulder like dead skinThey say my head on a plateMay curve the debateAbout the unbearable high cost of livingBut Papa, everything falls apart!Everything falls apartAnd the grass will growAs surely as they'll break your heart
Lyrics by Bright Eyes
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