Set The Scene Lyrics - Singles - Umbrellas

To set the scene we're lying here 

The night sky is woken up by intruding lights 

And the sound of cannons 

We drove downtown for this 

And we love our country just enough 

To set off explosions 

The humidity is getting but I'm content 

The insects nibble away at our skin 

As our bodies touch and twist 

Your pressed collar, pencil thin lips 

Your smile is strained and you're waiting 

For a kiss that just won't come 

Now we're back at your place, we rely on stale dialog 

I ruined what could have been long ago 

What I need tonight doesn't matter now 

So I watch you collapse and fold yourself into the bed 

While your hair it laps against the pillow case 

Like the tide on the shore 

Now the bridges will take me over the bay 

Over and under and further away 

To places that I've never been 

To white washed oceans where it's too cold to swim 

It's too cold to swim