When I Pretend To Fall

The Long Winters When I Pretend To Fall Lyrics
1.Shapes

Rice won't grow at home
And the Moon doesn't favor girls
Giant fork and spoon
Is a sign that the game is on
You know Karate now?
From a show?
When two of the raiders come
I'm counting on you to throw more than shapes
Men now don't fight with swords
But I would be good
I'd cut you not just with words
Cut you not just with words
So you melt chocolate hearts
Well I can forstall the Sun
When two of the raiders come
I'm counting on you to throw more than shapes
Angels, Russians, where I fear to tread
Secrets, secrets, damn your secrets
So you melt chocolate hearts
Well I can forstall the Sun
When two of the raiders come
I'm counting on you to throw more than shapes
Just so you know
It's all I'm waiting for


2.Blanket Hog

Do you believe it's day?
Roll us into a ball
All of your darkest smiles
Tempered by your sleeping eyes
Show me all your scars
Hold me by my arms
Burrow into a spot
My little blanket hog
Now that a year has gone
See how the blanket's worn
All to myself
All to myself
Do you believe it's day?


3.Stupid

Stupid ringtone on your mobile phone
She has no idea
She could make me do anything
She acts like it's the simplest thing
For me to be there
You tell me no
That i'm a fool to go calling her
And calling her
You call me stupid
When she tells me it has to end

Stupid, you could call it that
Stupid, but you have no idea
How stupid i would feel
If fifteen years from now, i see her
And she says,
Why didn't it happen between us, stupid?

New york soon will hum
The electric car has come
She laughs when i pretend to fall
You call me out
Let her down easy, please
Can't you see she believes?
My friend, you called me stupid then
But you're the one that doesn't see

Stupid, you could call it that
Stupid, but you have no idea
How stupid i would feel
If fifteen years from now, i see her
And she says,
Why didn't it happen between us, stupid?


4.Prom Night At Hater High

Sitting there where you buried your pets
Get up!
We'll dig graves for your invisible friends
Now i can't stand to hear another thing explained
Your trip to spain, your childhood pain
So won't you quit talking down to your girlfriend?
O, i see, you're not fighting, you're flirting
Well, i hope it's exciting

These kids are my age, it's strange to say
Look up!
Every star is singing in space
But i am motionless on this tiny strip
My conscience is clean, i can see everything
Well, the girls meet to dish the dirt, but it's them!
I heard their conversation, it made me laugh
They talk about the magic man, like they ever had him

Jet city won't let you go without a fight
See the pod people on prom night at hater high
So don't stay up late to cry
You've got a big trip to plan
Say goodbye to your old friends
Say goodbye, goodbye jet city

She showed up for our date five years late
She said, 'you're so sexy and so great
Are you gonna show me
Where you sing your downtown song?'
I said, 'downtown's gone! downtown's gone!'
Now my only ties to that old scene
Are the same mean people in pre-owned jeans
I used to love them all, but they burned me up

Goodbye
Gooodbye
Goooodbye


5.Nora

Nora says i don't love her
The way she wants to be loved
Nora knows i love trouble
But she wants stable trouble once

No one holds her to her story
If she says she's done it, she's done it
Okay, she's done it
Lord knows i owe her so much
I'm just who she said she was

Nora

Nora
Now i don't feel she feels
The same way about me
She wonders if i'll ever be
Who she dreamed i'd be

But she never says 'i love you'
'Til i say 'i love you'
Like we're exchanging hostages
I guess it's all for the best
She knows what she wants
And i know what she's gonna get

Nora

Nora
Now i don't feel she feels
The same way about me