Quickfire, I Tried-Moonface

[00:57.11]Quickfire, I tried to be your solitude [01:06.18]And to border and protect and to greet you [01:15.21]Quickfire, I tried to be fun [01:19.08]But by the time that I was drunk you were gone [01:33.47]And quickfire, I tried to not be sad [01:37.36]But the fabric wore away upon my knee [01:47.02]And quickfire, I tried to be romantic [01:55.95]But the silver is still waiting on the mantle [02:01.28]Where your mother left it sitting last fall [02:10.72]Aa-da-da [02:29.01]And quickfire, I tried to take your gifts [02:38.17]But I cannot change the way I hate most objects [02:44.15]And quickfire, I thought about the prize [02:56.94]But they told me that I’d have to compromise [03:02.57]And quickfire, I tried to be good [03:15.60]But my fathers live inside me like old servants [03:24.42]And quickfire, I tried to not go crazy [03:29.07]But the winter got inside me anyway [03:35.39]And it knows how long to stay [03:43.44]Aa-da-da [04:21.40]Quickfire, are we bound to be alone? [04:25.47]Or be together like a stone is with a stone? [04:30.14]Quickfire, we are bound to be alone [04:33.65]Or be together like a stone is with a stone [04:39.61]extra lyrics added in live version [04:44.05]And Quickfire I have tried to be a genius [04:45.32]But my mind is in a million ******* pieces [04:49.80]And I have tried to grow old [04:56.04]And I have tried to be an athlete [05:05.25]But inside I am still nineteen thinking why not seventeen [05:07.91]And quickfire, I have tried to settle down [05:38.86]But I am lifted by the sirens in my blood [05:40.10]And they are not done their song [05:41.13]Aa-da-da [05:42.26]