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Pressed In A Book Tab

by Shins


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Doted on like seeds planted in rows 
		   		 
The untied shoelaces of you life
	        			
Nurtured all year then pressed in a book 
		                   
Or displayed in bad taste at the table 
	      			 
Problems arise and you fan the fire 
		  				 
While there's a wild pack of dogs loose in your house tonight. 
                                    
Cut from bad cloth or soiled like socks 
		 	             
Add it up and basically people never change. 

                        	     
They just talk and make plans in the dark 
         		            
Or make haste with ideas that can't help 
 		      
But creep good people out 
 	     		 	     
As you talk to me too much you're assuming 
                  	       	
We don't always want what's right. 

	          		 	     
Did I strike the right set of chords? you're annoyed. 
                                  
The goal is to ignite you then move on. 
	        		  	
You feel ill at ease. you got no squeeze. 
	  		  		   
And the wise cracks won't make you more stable. 
		   			 
You've learned you lines to scale and to time. 
              				
Why must I remind you now i'm only less able. 

	                          
Cut from bad cloth or soiled like socks 
		  			      
We're ordinary people we can't help but to change 
        	     
As we walk and make plans in the dark 
 	   		             
Or make haste with the boy who can't help 
 		       
But creep good people out. 
	     			     
As you talk to me too much you're assuming 
		 	      		
We don't always want what's right. 

	                        
Two fallen saplings in an open field. 
                                
Snow padding gently on an empty bench. 
		    	         
An old woman's jewelry lying unadorned. 
		                    
Cold nesting robins allied for the first time. 
		 	         
I know when you hear these sappy lines 
		  			
You'll roll your eyes and say "nice try".