Desert Island Questionnaire Lyrics - Upside-down Mountain - Conor Oberst

Say that you were stranded on a desert island 

What books you gonna bring what friends would tag along 

Say you had a month and you knew you were dying 

How would you spend your time 

What goodbyes would take too long 

You don't like this game and you take exception 

Who wants all this trouble even hypothetical 

With the charging sky above 

And the ground below that could swallow everyone 

Staring at your phone at another party 

Spend a lot on clothes got a lot of skin to show 

People in the pool like the drowning army 

Smoke along the moats and the hotel lobby glows 

Wish that you can dance but you've got no partner 

Keep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toast 

To the ennui of our times 

To the selfishness in everyone you know 

Made a lot of friends but they can't be trusted 

Don't know what their angle is 

Post up at the bar and I'm double fisted 

Talking to a mannequin 

I don't know what it means when he takes my pulse 

And says that I'm a lot like him 

I say that's fair enough that's why I'm trying to loosen up 

Every lunatic must be well intentioned 

Sets himself apart he's an instrument of god 

Took her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar 

Kissed her while he killed her like a good Samaritan 

They finally found her body many Autumns after 

Interviewed her mother who said she'd now be 21 

And although we lost her young 

I know the good lord has a plan for all of us 

Mormons at the door they are clean and handsome 

Always have a good sales pitch 

Your little sisters swears that she can take my order 

But I can't take her serious 

Need something to bring 

For this human nature is not what this condition is 

I'm so bored with my life but I'm still afraid to die 

Everyone's asleep in this burning building 

And I can't wake them up in time 

You go on ahead I'll be right behind you 

I'm headed to the finish line 

I can't ignore the sun until this is over