Song Against ***-Neutral Milk Hotel

[00:19.304]And the first one tore a picture [00:22.200]Of a dead and hanging man [00:24.959]Who was kissing foreign fishes [00:27.769]That flew right out from his hands [00:30.228]And when I put my arms around him [00:33.291]Felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks [00:36.384]And an eerieness surrounded [00:38.780]When his tongue began to speak [00:41.220]And he said, "oh, boy, you are so pretty [00:44.402]Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string" [00:47.572]And when I finally kissed him [00:49.948]The whole world began to ring [00:52.367]Lost like a bell that's tipping over [00:55.451]With two cracks along both sides [00:58.303]And I knew the world was over [01:00.940]So I took a look outside [01:03.413]And watched the fires that were reaching [01:06.392]Up to the weather vanes and the tops of trees [01:09.307]And the waiting scene and the Sunday dream [01:12.176]They're all waiting here for me [01:16.821] [01:26.260]Deli markets with their flower stands [01:28.928]Their pretty girls and their burning men [01:31.409]Hanging out on the hooks [01:32.812]Next to window displays [01:34.245]And I took out my tongue [01:35.485]Twice removed from my face [01:37.162]Across a bridge and across the mountains [01:39.455]Threw a nickel in the fountain [01:42.207]To save my soul from all these troubled times [01:45.543]And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take [01:47.309]To soothe my mind so I'm always sober [01:51.176]Always aching, always heading towards [01:56.204]Mass suicide, occult figurines [01:58.667]And wasted gas-station attendants [02:02.821]Attending to their jobs [02:04.912]And a nice drive in the country [02:07.453]Finds a nice cliff to drop off [02:09.901]Oh, when this life just gets so grating [02:13.612]All the grittiness of life [02:16.125]But don't take those pills your boyfriend gave you [02:19.273]You're too wonderful to die [02:23.294] [02:43.572]And the last one tore a picture [02:46.233]From the pornographic page [02:48.954]And all the pleasure points attacking [02:51.797]All the looks of love were staged [02:54.255]And it's a lie that you've been given [02:57.830]That just hurts you every day [03:00.231]So why should I lie here naked [03:02.817]When it's just too far away [03:05.323]From anything we could call loving [03:08.684]Any love worth living for [03:11.190]So I'll sleep out in the gutter [03:13.885]You can sleep here on the floor [03:16.151]And when I wake up in the morning [03:19.988]I won't forget to lock the door [03:22.365]'Cos with a match that's mean and some gasoline [03:25.397]You won't see me anymore.