Australia Lyrics - Wincing The Night Away - The Shins

"Time to put the ear-covers on!" "No!" 

Born to multiply, 

Born to gaze into night skies 

All you want is one more Saturday 

But look here, until then 

They're gonna buy your life's time 

So keep your wick in the air 

And your feet in the fetters till the day 

We come in doing cartwheels. 

We all cut out by ourselves, 

And your shape on the dance floor 

Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes. 

You'd be damned to be one of us girl, 

Faced with the dodo's conundrum: 

I felt like I could just fly 

But nothing happened every time I tried. 

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A duotone on the wall 

The selfless fool who hoped he'd save us all 

Never dreamt of such sterile hands. 

You keep them folded in your lap, 

And raise them up to beg for scraps, 

You know, he's holding you down 

With the tips of his fingers just the same. 

Will you be pulled from the ocean, 

But just a minute too late? 

Or changed by a potion, 

We'll find a handsome young mate 

For you to love. 

You'll be damned to pining through the windowpanes, 

You know you'd trade your life for any ordinary Joe's, 

Do it now or grow old 

Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold! 

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Been alone since you were twenty-one, 

You haven't laughed since January, 

You try and make like this is so much fun, 

But we know it to be quite contrary. 

Damned to be one of us, girl, 

Facing the android's conundrum, 

I felt like I should just cry, 

But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin, 

You're Himmler in your cote, 

You don't know how long I have been 

Watching the lantern dim, 

Starved of oxygen, 

So give me your hand 

And let's jump out the window.