Lyric discussion by thesieveandthesand 

Cover art for Amputations lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

"I pray to god, that one day he will grant me the power to reach out and hold my hand until the end, and give you instant belief, because you dont have instant belief. You've been hooked, you've been croooked, you've been lied to so many times that you're suspicious minded, and when the right thing comes along you don't believe it. When i'm giving a knock at the front door, you're at the back door looking for four leaf clovers, and when you find it you think somebody planted there to fool you. "What's the angle?" You look for an excuse. In this modern day in age we have instant coffee, instant tea, instant disbelief. That's the reason we will never become anything- it is because we will never believe in ourselves. We'll always listen to the mass majority. When everybody's making fun of you and criticizing, you know you're on the right track. Cuz' most of the people ain't got it." -Glenn W. Turner.

That's the speech at the end of the song.