Shell Games Lyrics - The People's Key - Bright Eyes

Took the fireworks and the vanity 

The circuit board and the city streets 

Shooting star, swaying palm tree 

Laid it at the arbiter's feet 

If I could change my mind, change the paradigm 

Prepare myself for another life 

Forgive myself for the many times 

I was cruel to something helpless and weak 

But here it comes, that heavy love 

I'm never going to move it alone 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

Tag it on a tenement wall 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

Someone's got to share in the load 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

I'm never going to move it alone 

I was dressed in white, touched by something pure 

Death obsessed like a teenager 

Sold my tortured youth, piss and vinegar 

I'm still angry with no reason to be 

At the architect who imagined this 

For the everyman, blessed Sisyphus 

Slipping steadily into madness 

Now that's the only place to be free 

But here it comes, that heavy love 

You're never going to move it alone 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

Tattooed on a criminal's arm 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

Someone got to share in the load 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

You're never going to move it alone 

No, I don't want to play 

It's a shell game, it's a shell game 

Distorted sounds on oscilloscopes 

Distorted facts, I could never cope 

My private life is an inside joke 

No one will explain it to me 

We'll be everything that we ever needed 

Everyone, on the count of three! 

Everyone, on the count of three! 

All together now! 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

We're never going to move it alone 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

Playing as the cylinder rolls 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

I only want to share in the load 

Here it comes, that heavy love 

I'm never going to move it alone