So Says I lyrics
by The Shins



An address to the golden door

I was strumming on a stone again

Pulling teeth from the pimps of gore

When hatched, a tragic opera in my mind

And it told of a new design

In which every soul is to be bound

To uphold all the statutes of boredom therein lies

The fatal flaw of the red age



Because it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt

Our lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated

And because it made no money, nobody saved no one's life this time



So we burned all the uniforms

And let nature take its course again

And the big ones just eat all the little ones

That sends us back to the drawing board



In our darkest hours, we have all asked for some

Angel to come, sprinkle his dust, all around

But all our crying voices we can't turn it around

You've had some crazy conversations, of your own



We've rules and maps and guns on our backs but we still

Dan't just behave ourselves

Even if to save our own lives, (so says I)

We are a brutal kind



'Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt

Tell Sir Thomas Moore we've got another failed attempt

'Cause if it makes them money they might just give you life this time