Phantom Limb

Album: Wincing the Night Away (2006)
Charted: 16 42
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  • Foals in winter coats
    White girls of the north
    File past, one, five, and one
    They are the fabled lambs
    Of Sunday ham
    The EHS norm

    And they could float above the grass
    In circles if they tried
    A latent power I know they hide
    To keep some hope alive
    That a girl like I
    Could ever try
    Could ever try

    So we just skirt the hallway sides
    A phantom and a fly
    Follow the lines
    And wonder why
    There's no connection

    A week of rolling eyes
    And cheap shots from the tribe
    And we're off to Nemarca's porch again
    Another afternoon
    Of the goat-head tunes
    And pilfered booze

    We wander through her mama's house
    The milk from a window lights
    Family portrait, circa '95
    This is that foreign land
    With the sprayed-on tans
    And it all feels fine
    Be it silk or slime

    So, when they tap our Monday heads
    Two zombies walk in our stead
    This town seems hardly worth the time
    And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme
    Too far along in our climb
    Stepping over what now towers to the sky
    With no connection

    So, when they tap our Sunday heads
    Two zombies walk in our stead
    This town seems hardly worth the time
    And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme
    Too far along in our crime
    Stepping over what now towers to the sky
    With no connection Writer/s: James Mercer
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Bwc from East Coast UsaThe official video version shortens the 2nd post chorus/interlude by one bar (3/4) before going into the final chorus. The Album version 2nd post chorus/interlude is a straight 4/4.
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