Everyone's right and no one is sorry
that's the start and the end of the story
from the Sharks and the Jets
to the call in the morning

Everyone's right and no one is sorry
That's the start and the end of the story
from the Sharks and the Jets
to the call in the morning
and life is just bets anyway

look alive, see these bones
what you are now, we were once

Try as they might, no one's immune to
misfiring and acting on the wrong clues
and thinkin' it's time to redo and redo

I feel rain in the movies
in the talk before the screen lights
I hear strings in the park
I don't like to call or write
except when its too late at night
I mostly just think in the dark

look alive, see these bones
what you are now, we were once
but just like we are, you'll be dust
and just like we are, permanent

You were too tired to eat, too hungry to sleep
Just imagine the speed, it's just what you need

look alive, you see these bones
what you are now, we were once
and just like we are, you'll be dust
and just like we are, permanent

the lights in the city are more or less blinking
which side of the story decides what you're thinking
warm arms and cold faces
we're squinting, we're hurrying
we'll take inventory
we're digging, we're burying

do you remember when the light was low
do you remember when it fell
do you remember when you went to her house
remember ringing the bell

Look alive, see these bones
what you are now, we were once
and just like we are, you'll be dust
and just like we are, permanent


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    this is a really good song. ive never really listened to nada surf, but after hearing this song on sirius a couple times im really excited for the new album and will probably go out and buy it as soon as it comes out. :)

    the sharks and the jets is a reference to west side story. theyre the two feuding gangs. i dont really know what this song is saying.

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