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there's a shield around us
it's invisible & soundless
& we drink too much & xxxx too soon
smoke cigarettes in rented rooms
we quit our jobs & shoot the moon
& cut our wrists & sleep til noon
there's a shield around us
we're invincible & boundless
& we're on the run from I don't know
we're Patty Hearst & Squeaky Fromme
asleep on subways far from home
you'd think we'd never seen a comb
sent a letter to Mom & Dad
Mom & Dad the money's running out
got a letter from Mom & Dad
they didn't send me anything
there's a shield around us
we are heady we are groundless
& we burn our friends & kill their names
build insecure & petty fames
& tattoo things that we believe
stars & skulls & hearts in half-sleeves
there's a shield around us
tell me how is it you've found us
cause we hide our tracks & watch the ground
our footfalls they don't make a sound
we've cursed the names of our hometowns
we're compassless & nowhere bound
sent a letter to Mom & Dad
Mom & Dad the money's running out
got a letter from Mom & Dad
I swear to God they don't get me at all
- Album:
- On the Radio
- In Cambridge
- In Sydney
- Pocket Symphonies For Lonesome Subway Cars
- Etiquette
- Twinkle Echo
- Answering Machine Music
- Vs. Children
- Miscellaneous
- Advance Base Battery Life
- Town Topic EP
- Town Topic
- The First Two Albums By
- The First Two Albums
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone / Fox Pause
- Daytrotter Session
- Foot Foot / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone / The Donkeys Tour Split
- Daytrotter Sessions, Volume 2
- Daytrotter Session (encore)