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One hand on this wily comet
Take a drink just to give me some weight
Some Uber-Man I'd make
I'm barely a vapor
They shone a chlorine light on a host individual sins
Let's carve my aging face off
Fetch us a knife, start with my eyes
Down so the lines form a grimacing smile
Close your eyes to corral a virtue
Is this fooling anyone else?
Never worked so long and hard
To cement a failure
We can blow on our thumbs and posture
But the lonely are such delicate things
The wind from a wasp could blow them into the sea with stones on their feet
Lost to the light and the loving we need
Still to come
The worst part and you know it
There is a numbness
In your heart and it's growing
With burnt sage and a forest of bygones
I click my heels, get the devils in line
A list of things I could lay the blame on
Might give me a way out
But with each turn it's this front and center
Like a dart stuck square in your eye
Every post you can hitch your faith on is a pie in the sky, chock full of lies
A tool we devise to make sinking stones fly
And still to come
The worst part and you know it
There is a numbness
In your heart and it's growing

bb_matt Apr 18, 2013 - 07:01	Love it. This particular song reminds me a lot of early Manic Street Preachers. So damn thoughtful, lyrical and quite beautiful. [ Reply ]
sajitjacob Dec 20, 2012 - 16:29	A cow on whizz: Stingray wrote: If this set will be followed by Cowded House, I agree Bill is a wizzard! This song is another CLEAR 10! Nearly unbelievably good! [ Reply ]
pk53 Nov 08, 2012 - 23:19	overplayed; barfo-sucko [ Reply ]
MinMan Sep 10, 2012 - 11:20	On_The_Beach wrote: Saw them on SNL last night. Hate to say it, but I thought they were pretty bad, especially the second song. : ( With only one band member remaining from the pre-2011 line up - it's pretty much a new group. James Mercer has nearly gone solo. [ Reply ]
mwc79 Jun 04, 2012 - 08:04	Sasha2001 wrote: This song has some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written about trying to make a failing relationship work. At least that's what I think the lyrics are about. [ Reply ]
joemama Jun 04, 2012 - 07:58	Sounds like a new Jackson Brown song I've never heard. [ Reply ]
Stingray May 03, 2012 - 14:08	On_The_Beach wrote: Hate to say it, but I thought they were pretty bad, especially the second song. : ( The dumbest comment in years! "Especially the second song...." tzzzzzz... Some people are just out of their minds! [ Reply ]
Stingray May 03, 2012 - 14:06	If this set will be followed by Cowded House, I agree Bill is a wizzard! This song is another CLEAR 10! Nearly unbelievably good! [ Reply ]
calypsus_1 Apr 21, 2012 - 16:21	"It is rare that I listen to one song by any band these days in anxious anticipation of the next song after because the first is just too good, yet not close to over. Yes kids, I have 50 years of music in my ears, my heart and my soul — not to mention garbage cans full of the worst and I can honestly say to you that this band is melodically, lyrically, and very genuinely, the best to consistently improve and put out exceptional contemporary music. Long live Shins." xtranaut [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach Mar 11, 2012 - 17:55	Saw them on SNL last night. Hate to say it, but I thought they were pretty bad, especially the second song. : ( [ Reply ]
ziakut Mar 04, 2012 - 15:59	Great tune and even better band! [ Reply ]
ziggytrix Feb 20, 2012 - 10:41	unclehud wrote: Aren't they cute little turtles with palms trees on their backs? Am I missing something?!?! [ Reply ]
bluecshells Feb 17, 2012 - 14:10	My plans for this weekend include listening to this album...supposed to be rainy here...perfect match. [ Reply ]
Sasha2001 Feb 17, 2012 - 14:08	This song has some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written about trying to make a failing relationship work. At least that's what I think the lyrics are about. [ Reply ]
Shesdifferent Dec 28, 2011 - 18:08	Overplayed [ Reply ]
ick Dec 22, 2011 - 07:22	Up another point because in the 6 years that I've been hearing it, it hasn't lost a bit of its sparkle. [ Reply ]
Sjaaks Dec 16, 2011 - 03:13	Aaahhhhh... I know this song for a while now but somehow today this gives me goosebumps like never before. And sadly enough music doesn't do that often for me anymore (no idea why)... 9 —> 1.000.000 [ Reply ]
unclehud Dec 07, 2011 - 09:27	kulbreez wrote: I don't know why, but the album art freaks me out. Sort of a gross-out reaction, like seeing icky larvae... Enough even to put me off the song (for no good reason). Aren't they cute little turtles with palms trees on their backs? Am I missing something?!?! [ Reply ]
Proclivities Dec 07, 2011 - 09:26	jktravl wrote: Sad part is I can relate to these lyrics as I age on, the numbness gets stronger. Reminds me of so many lost loves. Numbness is often preferable to pain. [ Reply ]
bluecshells Dec 07, 2011 - 09:24	With burnt sage and a forest of bygones...wow [ Reply ]