Accidntel Deth Lyrics - Singles - Rilo Kiley

You're obsessed with finding a new brain 

But what you need is a new body 

It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before 

And the skin you call your home 

Holds a heart that quits and knees that buckle in 

And lungs that can't breathe when they're alone 

And the days come to you like sailors 

You watch them as they drift away 

They meet the sunrise out at the horizon 

And it's neither sink nor swim 

At least the water's beneath your chin 

There's blood spilled on the floor 

Everyone's staring at you 

What for? 

Till you realize the blood is probably yours 

You feel you've lost something 

You want it back 

You're lying motionless on your back 

And your legs aren't taking anymore requests 

Those disobedient wrecks 

How you cared for them as they carried you 

From class to class and coast to coast 

When you owned land and when you were broke 

Through recessions and addictions 

It's just your accidental death 

Your accidental death 

It's just your accidental death 

You're the Indian in the cougar's nest 

Your fright gives way to memory 

Having coffee with your love 

or the story your father told you long ago 

He was hunting with his own father 

for deer, he pointed and spotted her 

and then tripped over some roots or some dead trees 

The gun went off, It was a mistake 

And my father was only eight 

And as he watched the dying deer he was changed 

Cause he felt sorry for what he'd done 

And he put down his gun 

Will you feel sorry for what you've done? 

Will you put down your gun? 

It's just your accidental death 

Your accidental death 

But there's no accidental death 

When you're the Indian in the cougar's nest