Lyric discussion by FadedMorning 

Cover art for Telescope lyrics by Cage the Elephant

I love this song about the paralysis of being human and feeling alone. I liked the other comments I read here, but I have one question. Something about the second verse where the lines go "Desperately searching for signs to terrify, to find a thing" doesn't make sense to me. Are we sure these are the actual words and not "Desperately searching for signs, too terrified to find a thing."? Doesn't that second version make a lot more sense, as well as sound more true to what the song is saying? I wonder if this is actually what the band is singing. Anyway if anyone has a comment I'd love to hear. Thx.

@FadedMorning sorry i know this is 2 years late but i completely agree, that was my first thought too when i read the lyrics. "too terrified to find a thing" makes much more sense to me, that's how i initially heard it anway