Tessellate Lyrics - Elephant Shell - Tokyo Police Club

All the boys who called their mothers on that day 

Were no tough bunch but they had the nerves to go and say 

That all your secrets were drowned 

With the pioneers who were flooded from this town 

They packed their bags only moments too late 

With the pounding waves crashing up against 

The weakened water gates 

'Cause dire times call for dire faces 

So lovely dancer call a dancer 

Trade our places in the night 

We're running barefoot, you and I 

Dead lovers salivate 

Broken hearts tessellate tonight 

And all the kids who cut their knees on that old schoolyard fence 

Were holding out for posterity and self-defense 

Before we beat them down again 

There's no fun in playing cowboys for pretend 

We showed them what the backs of our hands is for 

The divide is clear in the coming year 

The rich will take the poor 

'Cause dire times call for dire faces 

So lovely dancer, call a dancer 

Trade our places in the night 

We're running barefoot, you and I 

Dead lovers salivate 

Broken hearts tessellate tonight