Spectacular Views

Lyrics

[Verse 1] In steep cliffs, rocks all piled up Mysteries of your passing luck And ages pass, shells and bits of bone Forming new limestone To give things their turn [Chorus] There are no bad words For the coast today [Verse 2] You never knew why you felt so good In the strangest of places Like in waiting rooms Or long lines that made you late Or mall parking lots on holidays [Chorus] There are no bad words For the coast today When we hold our breath Until nothing's left It all starts to fade [Verse 3] See the stars From where the birds make their homes Staring back at us Indifferent, but distanced perfectly Projected endlessly It's so fucking beautiful [Chorus] There are no bad words For the coast today Then you ask "What's a palisade?" And if we're too late For happiness [Outro] Then we move on out to the palisades Where the sea pushes on the sand Where the views are cheap and spectacular They're spectacular If you would just take my hand [And That's How I Choose to Remember It Fragment #3] My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not bein' around He left work early and took me to a skating rink Where all of the kids in the world could have been I was scared and tall with skates on and my favorite jeans And there was a boy who wanted to skate with me And he held my hand And we went around More times than I counted, by a mural of an Arctic scene I was lookin' at my feet because it was perfect and the air was clean And my dad was there, it was summer's last eve And that's how I choose to remember it