Precious Metals-The Russian Futurists

[00:00.94]You said your life's a house of cards, [00:03.15]and it teeters on the brink [00:05.45]On the edges of window ledges, [00:08.04]until like a great ship down it sinks [00:13.84]Into the sea bed, with sunken gold [00:21.61]"Paul Simon & Precious Metals" [00:23.71]And words that we said [00:29.87]back when You used to think that your life was [00:32.76]precious metals and rose petals [00:35.26]But now as you're growing up you're finding [00:37.57]it's nail-biting and teeth-grinding [00:40.17]That crown you wore with the Rhinestones is [00:42.47]now just thorns, needles and pinecones [00:45.02]And here's one last thing that you must learn too; [00:47.57]what keeps you warm can also burn you [00:49.98]Time's sinister sundials make your days hard as city streets [00:54.74]You fall in traps, jet black in the hole that your self-pity eats [00:59.85]I'm playing cards real close to my chest [01:02.46]so you can't see what I've got [01:04.65]One minute we're sub-zero and in the [01:07.30]same breath piping hot because [01:09.70]When we are up, we're up and then [01:12.11]when we are down, we're down [01:14.40]Cars crash in perfect fashion but they [01:17.11]don't seem to make a sound and now [01:19.56]When I'm hanging with you it feels like I'm hanging myself [01:24.62]Now my phone's off the hook and I lay low, lie low, I go stealth [01:29.48]You used to think that your life was [01:31.92]precious metals and Rose petals [01:34.53]But now as you're growing up you're finding [01:37.03]it's nail-biting and teeth-grinding [01:39.39]That crown you wore with the Rhinestones is now [01:41.82]just thorns, needles and pinecones [01:44.28]And here's one last thing that you must learn too; [01:46.81]what keeps you warm can also burn you [01:49.32]You said your life's a house of cards, and it teeters on the brink [01:54.73]On the edges of window l-e-d-g-e-s, [01:59.33]Watch the clouds move up above, As we slowly start to fade [02:04.62]You and I had things that cut like a razor blade [02:10.93]by og