Oh dear i've been a bad bad boy...
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BOY!!!!!
(Shut the door, you're letting in the wolves!!
I want some answers, and I want them now!!)
Tangible, the way that I want you to feel... To me!!
(This city we occupy is sinking into the sea!!!)

Color ourselves, and shade you in lies,
Talk you to sleep, on the other end of the line,
You beg for... your life!!!

Sleep by day.
Sleep the day by...
(Knives for teeth sing lullabies when underneath the sheets)
Arson's just a felony,
and trusting you is burning me... alive!

Color ourselves, and shade you in lies,
Talk you to sleep, on the other end of the line,
You beg for... your life!!!

She's tying up herself!!!
Let's map apart her cells...
Smell the endorphines.
She's tying up herself!!!
Who's she gonna tell!?!?
NOT HIM!!!!


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    Tom has said several times that this song is about their hometown (Seattle).

    ^Debaseron July 22, 2006   Link

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