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  1. Talking

From the recording Down With the Ship

Lyrics

Hello. Thank you for coming. We have so much to talk about and so little time. But I think if we work together, we can get everything covered. Let’s start with the hook… Oh I am talking, yes I am talking, oh I am talking to… 2 steps forward and 1 step back and left at the place that you got lost last time. Your friends want to help you learn to trick yourself but they still can’t lie, scream “You’re no help, fuckers!” Why you running up and down the stairs last night? You’re looking for Lars? That’s right. I can see your house from here well I can see your house from here. Everybody listen please, give me your attention please, I got a special message that was written just for you, you see. All you mickey fickeys got to sing along. Say, “I’m taller than I’m wide and I’m wider than I’m long.” Oh I am talking, yes I am talking, said I am talking to you. Who was out in the street last night, dancing in the moonlight giving you chills? Well I didn’t mean to scare you but I really don’t care. You know, if you don’t get it by now, you never will. Going down with the blood in your mouth meet the man out there, he looks at you and he says, “Yes I broke through doing covers of show tunes. Tallest man alive and I’m happy to know you. I spend my days as a hotel clerk. Oh man, goddamn, you made me late for work!” Oh I am talking… Talking in your sleep with a mouth full of shark’s teeth you don’t know are there cuz you can’t see. But everybody says that you could leave if you want, just get up out of that hotel/motel bed and keep going, you’ll be gone before you know it. You scared of that fucking tall clerk? You don’t show it. Walking home in the middle of the street, well you don’t hear the cars and you’re staring at your feet. And I don’t want to be the one to take you down, feed you to the dirt that is filling up your mouth. Oh I am talking to you.