The Good That Won't Come Out

Album: The Execution of All Things (2003)
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  • Let's get together and talk about the modern age
    All of our friends were gathered there
    With their pets, just talking shit
    About how we're all so upset
    About the disappearing ground
    As we watch it melt

    It's all of the good that won't come out of us
    And how eventually our hands will just turn to dust
    If we keep shaking them
    Standing here on this frozen lake

    I do this thing where I think I'm real sick
    But I won't go to the doctor to find out about it
    'Cause they make you stay real still in a real small space
    As they chart up your insides and put them on display
    They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it

    All of the good that won't come out of me
    And all the stupid lies I hide behind
    It's such a big mistake
    Lying here in your warm embrace

    Oh, you're almost home
    I've been waiting for you to come in
    Dancing around in your old suits
    Going crazy in your room again
    I think I'll go out and embarrass myself
    By getting drunk and falling down in the street
    You say I choose sadness
    That it never once has chosen me
    Maybe you're right

    Let's talk about all our friends who lost the war
    And all of the novels that had yet to be written about them

    It's all of the good that won't come out of them
    And all the stupid lies they hide behind
    It's such a big mistake
    Standing here on this frozen lake

    It's all of the good that won't come out of me
    And how eventually, my mouth will just turn to dust
    If I don't tell you quick
    Standing here on this frozen lake Writer/s: Blake Sennett, Jenny Lewis
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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