Lyrics

[Verse] Your friend from next door was around again Telling me he knew what we'd been through As his house was too small And he was going to have to move And his son had had his struggles with the piano And for weeks they'd gotten by with no sleep The dog's saw tooth had kept them full awake Lost and scurrying with worry So maybe we could bond now over a drink (Hopeless, helpless eyes) Or at least I could play at their wedding, for free as a favor Now we are the best of friends And I tried to tell him at the last wedding I played Where it'd been suggested I just strayed in drunk from some nearby Irish bar "It'd do me good to leave the house", he did say But I've been out all week We just keep different hours [Chorus] And I think of Guy Fawkes' signature Before and after torture What in the world he'd been through To change his whole demeanor [Verse] Maybe I should buy myself a Japanese fighting dog To ease my dealings with the world I can wave at everyday passers-by Tip my hat and twinkle my eye I can fold my arms and smile like the next man I can listen in and understand I'm sure I can You're friend from next door came around again He brought some good coffee and cheese that was just destined for the bin Even the cat didn't touch it Just turned on it's nose and fled To the safey of your side of the bed I almost invited him in He said he had a book to show me Some autobiography of a silver screen harmonica man I smiled and told him, "We call it a movie" But he didn't quite understand He askes: "You like real music don't you? A Pussy Riot and Louie Armstrong?" Sure I like Billie Holiday and dobe dobe do "Do you know here? Well I guess you do" [Chorus] And I think of Guy Fawkes' signature Before and after torture What in the world they are going through To change their whole demeanor And some of us are born with a luck We never fall out, we never notice, we barely care And some lovers decide that hate is the best way forward They can not control what they feel in any other way Well that's not me (I'm full of love for my fellow man) Isn't that what you just heard me say? Some of us are born with a luck We never fall out, we never notice, we barely care And some lovers decide that hate is the best way forward They can not control what they feel in any other way Well that's not me (I'm full of love for my fellow man) Isn't that what you just heard me say? [Spoken] Sure, sure, I'll, I'll meet you down the beach I'm good by the sea, well I'm okay anyways You know I used to think those jeans where haunted But it was just the wind and the grass and the confusion underneath We love it here, we're a friendly bunch, I suppose Just be sure to believe what we believe [Verse] And it was not the spirits that bent those branches Just the topsoil reaping off the fields I used to shelter there with my others Turn the lights off, lay back, and watch the stars And I can blame the priests I can blame the cold I can blame the dark and rank, bad rot I can blame my trust in nature (In the proclimations of strangers) But it's all just spit on the fire (Seed in the snow) And then a long walk home [Chorus] I think of Guy Fawkes' signature Before and after torture What in the world are we going through That has changed our whole demeanor