Know Your Onion! Lyrics - Oh, Inverted World - The Shins

Shut out, pimpled and angry 

I quietly tied all my guts into knots 

Gave up on trying to make 'em 

I figured it'd take 'em too long to look up and besides... 

It was undeniably clear to me I don't know why 

When every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters 

I knew what worthless dregs we've always been 

Lucked out found my favorite records 

Lying in wait at the Birmingham Mall 

The songs that I heard 

The occasional book 

Were the only fun I ever took 

And I got on with making myself 

The trick is just making yourself 

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But when they're parking their cars on your chest 

You've still got a view of the summer sky 

To make it hurt twice when your restless body 

Caves to its whims 

And suddenly struggle to take flight... 

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Three thousand miles north east 

I left all my friends at the morning bus stop shaking their heads 

"What kind of life do you dream of? you're allergic to love" 

Yes, I know but I must say in my own defense 

It's been undeniably dear to me, I don't know why 

When every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters 

I knew the worthless dregs we are 

The selfless, loving saints we are 

The melting, sliding dice we've always been