Blame it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now.
No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to.
You oughta give her credit 'cause she knows I would've let it happen.

Blame it on the weekends. God I need a cola now.
Oh we mumble loudly, wear our shame so proudly.
Wore our blank expressions, trying to look interesting.
Blame it all on me 'cause God I need a cold one now.

All them eager actors gladly taking credit
For the lines created by the people tucked away from sight
Is just a window from the room we're bound to.
If you find a way out, oh would you just let me know how?
Would you just let me know how?

Blame it on the web but the spider's your problem now.
Language is for liquid that we're all dissolved in.
Great for solving problems, after it creates a problem.
Blame it on the Tetons. God, I need a scapegoat now.

Everyone's a building burning
With no one to put the fire out.
Standing at the window looking out,
Waiting for time to burn us down.
Everyone's an ocean drowning
With no one really to show how.
They might get a little better air
If they turned themselves into a cloud.


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Blame It on the Tetons Lyrics as written by Eric Judy Dann Gallucci

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    i went through the trouble of signing up just to tell you how retarded that sounded WallsTV

    i haven't paid attention enough to put meaning into the whole song but the last part caught my attention earlier when this song was playing in the background of the room

    Everyone's a building burning With no one to put the fire out

    this might refer to our mortality were all slowly withering away where we stand and no one can really help us

    Standing at the window looking out Waiting for time to burn us down

    This refers to the perspective in which we live our lives in Our minds are standing in our head our whole lives

    Everyone's an ocean drowning With no one really to show how

    We're slowly drowning in the universe We have been randomly put here (in the looses sense) with no one to tell us what or how to do anything except for our instincts

    They might get a little better air If they turned themselves into a cloud

    People may enjoy life a little more if they see it for what it is (cloud over sea) instead for what it projects

    these are just little thoughts i had while this song was playing

    feedback would be greatly appreciated

    cord4on July 29, 2009   Link

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