The Crows of Emmerich

Lyrics

[Verse 1] In a dark park in Emmerich We took a break to rest our feet Someone was playing the Backstreet Boys on the stereo Too loud for us to sleep The team was practicing in the stadium And we saw a crow in the setting sun Keeping watch and vaguely threatening And flying in a wide circle [Chorus] But I won't believe we're out of there Until the second plane's left The captain of the football team Fell down to her death After clinging to the landing gear Shouting, "I still love you" [Verse 2] On the riverbank in Emmerich We stared out at the tourist ship Doing donuts in the Rhine And listening to bad schlager Meanwhile you stole your mom some gasoline Broke every stupid rule but you maintained quarantine Inside the bar with broken windows And wrote another sad email to me [Chorus] But I won't believe you're out of there Until the second plane's left And the captain of the football team Fell down to her death After clinging to the landing gear Shouting, "I still love you And I always loved you And I'll always love you" All the way down [Verse 3] The crows were gathering in the harbor light They sang to us and kept us up all night But no one complained about the noise By Saturday it won't matter Because the summertime's not made to last I scratched a question mark in the drying grass And threw out last year's expired E-ZPass And banged the fence until the cloud of nervous crows scattered [Chorus] I won't believe we're out of here Until the second plane's left The captain of the football team Fell down to her death After clinging to the landing gear [Outro] No one's getting out of here alone We're not safe Just like that captain of that football team Except we're all just swinging from the chandeliers It isn't enough (No) It isn't enough (No) It isn't enough (No)