Civil Inattention Lyrics

My folks haven't spoke since the day I was born Some kind of American dream Finding a cold kind of comfort in the consistency that brings I liked the part where they said its been ...Read Full Lyrics

She says "I'm a real person, aren't I?" She points and she waves as I stumble And collapses into dust There's frantic waving outside under each street light Says they're waiting to...Read Full Lyrics

Enough of the old-times eyes Enough of the same old reprise So ugly So tired So bored So true I don't know what do with you Now number three on the side has been giving me the eye ...Read Full Lyrics

"Well anyway" he says As he stands up "I never liked it here" Pours his last cup out "They don't know where I came from. They don't know where I gotta go. If its all about numbers ...Read Full Lyrics

Losing friends in the name of The Plan '99, '06, and '10 Hoping to find some kind of forgiveness She says "Look at these kids in their fancy clothes! They got nothing to show. Nowh...Read Full Lyrics

I'd really like to stay But to hell with this place My block starts playing the same song Every day after 5:00 I wanna breathe some real disaster The way that they write it: Doubt ...Read Full Lyrics

To find less in the big pictureTo find strength in the detailsTo find the startling frequencyTo find you on the same roadSo tell me how you think it goesSo we can laugh in the afte...Read Full Lyrics

On the long ride up the west drivePassing places I used to knowWe’re all wired, twisted and storiedGlistening sheets of silver on silverPlateauStraight on untilMulling over the d...Read Full Lyrics

In a town where the kids try their best to sound just like their parentsThe parents can’t help but sound just like their kidsHe says “Man, you don’t know me”With a long lat...Read Full Lyrics

I’ve been writing on the backs of all these old postcardsOver what they say happenedOr what ever happened toWe met these kids in a blaze of bright ideasI hear it never rains here...Read Full Lyrics