Duet - The Airborne Toxic Event Written by:Mikel Jollett
I've been away for far too long I've had my mind wrapped around this one song I heard last week on the radio while Driving near that place we used to go
Where the track homes all look the same With the roofs and the tiles and the similar frames All these streets are so wide and these cars are so lame And on every block I heard the whisper of your name
I spent so many evenings in my head I'd lie alone on an unmade bed
Counting the minutes like numbered clocks Should I call should I write should I read should I stop I'm a child I'm a ghost I'm a slur I'm a boast I'm a prince I'm a king I'm a rhyme I'm a ring I'm unable to sleep I'm unable to sing I'm a desperate and lonely frightened unholy thing
And you'd say la la la I'm so glad I'm over you
As you reach for your drink and you tell me you like my shoes
And I smile like a wretch there's not much else I can do I say I know what you mean yeah it's weird for me too Besides what would I sing about if I had you
Kinda sounds like la la la La la la La la la la la
La la la La la la La la la
La la la La la la La la la
La la la La la la
I think maybe it was Radiohead That had this weird little beat and a keyboard instead Guitar playing chords I remember how bored You would get with those bands You always said they play the same three chords
And you'd dance around in your T shirt and sing Don't you love modest mouse and adore promise ring Don't you wish that you could just avoid everything Join a band go on tour and think of me when you sing
And I'd think la la la yeah that sounds okay to me
And you'd fall on the bed and I'd fall down to my knees
And I'd smile like my life depended on it That's so weird I was mostly right about that Always eager to love and eager to leave
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la La la la And I'd think la la la all these songs are so untrue
As I stare at this space inside of you
And we don't belong and it sounds so wrong And you're beautiful with that gray stuff on I think yeah okay but maybe it's just the song