This Is What It Looks Like

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There was music in the plazas and a lifting of the fear When we pressed ourselves together, then our god was nowhere near All the drinking left us legless, so we slithered through the streets The car alarms, they cussed us out, the birds put us to sleep [Chorus 1] She said hold on (hold on) Do you think that we're in danger If we push it any further? Do you think that we'll be damaged If we don't do what they say? [Verse 2] I said, "Baby, don't you worry about a couple broken windows That's just what it looks likе when we're joyful Crowding into bathrooms and tipping ovеr tables That's just what it looks like when we're joyful" [Verse 3] We could get out of the city, we could drive up to the valley But if you do, I think that we'll discover The parkways all have barricades, they're checking on each driver It's such a funny time to become lovers [Chorus 2] They said, "Wait up (wait up) We'd like to see your papers To see if you're in danger To see if you'll do damage If you don't do what we say" [Verse 4] I said, "Mister, don't you worry 'bout a couple missing pistols Things just disappear when we feel playful When we get up on the table, you shouldn't act so startled This is what it looks like when we're joyful" [Verse 5] And I'm almost feeling sorry for the rangers with their rifles You can't get to heaven being hateful With our eyes back in our sockets and a mess of broken bottles That's just what it looks like when we're joyful [Bridge] Sometimes when we celebrate It looks just like we're pulling things apart All the hissing and the whispers When we press ourselves together in the dark [Verse 6] There's a house out in the valley and it used to be a church We went up there for a party and I met her on the porch She took me to the wheelhouse, washed away my doubts And she handed me a pamphlet and it laid this whole thing out [Chorus 3] It said, "Hold up (hold up) Are you scared about the future? Would you want to live forever? Do you think that you can manage? Do exactly what I say" [Outro] And it was nice to finally feel a little something It was nice to finally feel a little something It was nice to finally feel a little something This is what it looks like when we're joyful (This is what it looks like when we're joyful) This is what it looks like when we're joyful (This is what it looks like when we're joyful) This is what it looks like when we're joyful (This is what it looks like when we're joyful) This is what it looks like when we're joyful (This is what it looks like)