The Less You Know

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Your Paris diary is discontent, water bent Smuggled from the days before the war A key of brass, your Edinburgh studio is art nouveau But you forget what's through the door Yellow velvet drapes bought in Memphis, they're pretentious But they strangle out the onslaught of the sun Pocket makeup vanity from Venice with insanity Shot through with Beaumont-Adams gun [Pre-Chorus] (And the newsreel says) And the newsreel says [Chorus] The less you know, the better The less you know, the better You touched her face, and now you're racing to forget her The less you know, the better The less you know, the better There's a hole in history that holds it all together Roll the film [Verse 2] In Kyoto you bought roses by the dozen But there's nothing now except flashbacks and diminishing returns Matchbook from a Budapest hotel, it's old as hell But you pluck one out and sure enough it burns Music played without a song, envelopes with letters gone Bruises from a kiss that can't be traced Pull your London trenchcoat up, think of 1950-something Think of all the decades they erased [Pre-Chorus] (And the newsreel says) And the newsreel says [Chorus] The less you know, the better The less you know, the better You touched her face, and now you're racing to forget her The less you know, the better The less you know, the better There's a hole in history that holds it all together Roll the film [Bridge] The less you know, the better The less you know, the better The less you know, the better Roll the film [Outro] There's a hole in history that holds it all together There's a hole in history (There's a hole in history) The less you know, the better Don't go digging beneath the elm (The less you know) So let's talk about the weather Kill the lights, roll the film