Annie died on a Saturday night
Of a broken heart
From the opposite side
Of the street
While Casey flew
Like a black balloon
With the business suits
In their front row seats
This blockbuster missed the mark
But helped us kill some time
Before the news
When we all stop seeing sparks
It means that somebody
Forgot to light the fuse
We’ve crossed users and abusers
Acquaintances forsaking us
Clueless love-struck losers
Claiming that the world’s unjust
Sentimental astronauts
Follow up their second thoughts
With freeze-dried tangerines
This schematic reads
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created
Out of thin air
I don’t care anymore
Sidney died.
It was suicide
And a broken heart
While Laney packed her things
But Aimee and Drew
Couldn’t find a clue
Despite the brand new
Purchased diamond rings
These sensations failed both Lee and me
Emmett and Mary can deduce
That the more we act like family
The harder it becomes to reproduce
We’ve catalogued our bruises
Pathetic medics all do suspect
That we’re not immune to this
Technological Epidemic
Voluntary attendants
Can’t help but act offended
From public reckonings
While the neighbors sing:
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created
Holding shares, I don’t care anymore
Margery died
Of collegiate pride
Walking home
Irresponsibly
While Susie’s fate
Came two weeks late
The one-night stand
Warranted a baby
As for the order of Josephine
We heretics can’t explain her ruse
Red, blue, yellow, black and green
All colors turn to white
Before the muse
We march blindly through the forest
Experimental clientele
Our minds forget to warn us
That the sounding of the steeple bell
Signifies a riot cell
Residents of heav’n and hell
Are close to invading
While the angels sing
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These day-to-days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created
Despite their stares, I don’t care anymore
And then Joan died
While I tried to find
The remains of my head
In the hotel lobby
Ken replied
And sympathized
Talking to the dead
Is just a hobby
I can’t recall Ramona’s face
Although I’m sure that she still looks the same
Vanishing without a trace
Makes the fakers remember your name
Soothsayers and debaters
Frightened by the status quo
Don’t need to explain to us
We already know what they already know
Before we reap what we sow
Someone has to start the show
With comical relief
It gets harder to believe that
In order to escape
We must relate
Debate
Overstate
Fall back down and complicate
Everything’s exaggerated
But sometimes we love and
Hate the way
These gray days
Stay the same
Like the faces we’ve created
Fair is fair, I don’t care anymore
credits
from Hollow Cost,
track released May 21, 2011
Bell - acoustic guitars, vocals
Jacob - standup drums
Matt - electric guitars, qchord, mixing
Dan - bass
with Amanda Ross - subliminal vocals
Rod Fisher - vocals
John Thorell - cello, violin
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