Backstairs The New Pornographers

Taking the backstairs Before I knew to choose the music of celebrity I sang backups on the backstairs, the backstairs, the backstairs I wore out grooves sneaking around the servants' quarters, so So I

Miss Teen Wordpower New Pornographers

They breathe the air we Fought to leave behind. This kind of blank adventure Happens all the time, Because nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do.

The Laws Have Changed New Pornographers

It was crime at the time But the laws, we changed em Though the hero for hires Forever the same one Introducing for the first time Pharaoh on the microphone Sing all hail Whatll be revealed

The New Face Of Zero And One New Pornographers

The how-to guide To become The new face of zero and one So fall into The new line Hanging off the truth of the times Parade of sisters Through New York A trail that once it began

It's Only Divine Right New Pornographers

Both eyes Drinking cool water Not the first daughter So i cant see Why youre wrestling with words At last A tradition youve long outclassed Come true For the new martyrs With your hair

Electric Version New Pornographers

The sound of god is the screech of tires Lights and magnets, bolts and wires Strayed from the road, this very one Still to come The sound of tires is the sound of god The electric version

Loose Translation New Pornographers

In the school of thought, In the halls of state, With a leap of faith, The loose translation must have lost her It must have caused her to go back...

All For Swinging Around You New Pornographers

Exploding international The scenes, the sounds And famously the feeling That you cant squeeze round While tearing off another page Of loose change Outrage Its another perfect day Until

The End Of Medicine New Pornographers

The angel cries you bastard!

Testament To Youth In Verse New Pornographers

Should you go lookin For a testament to youth in verse Variations on the age old curse You blame the stations When they play you like a fool And like a fool you get played with Baby, think

Ballad Of A Comeback Kid New Pornographers

Pray for content Settle for free rent The tenements recall Rome High five Look up, look alive As the scions of history Guess another mystery Wrong.

July Jones New Pornographers

Come clean Through the waves Of debris The minds eye Is first to go So hang onto that number Like gold And get thee Back to the old truth July Jones cause baby theres a lot We dont

Chump Change New Pornographers

line from your page And flew into a lesbian rage Cursing mine and my own rotten luck Another nude descends A staircase to get fucked A city scene Darkness falls Now skate hard down the

From Blown Speakers New Pornographers

When the contact high From the real life adventures wear off, You find, in the tiny moments that bomb, your old files rain down from the sky.

Creepin Up The Backstairs The Fratellis

She said "I`m Rosie" I said "I thought you were Lucy" She said "No Rosie, I told you so" Was here with your sister But she`s going out the back I wanna dance and have fun y`know Of all the shitty

My Rights Versus Yours The New Pornographers

up too late We hang suspended from the heights Until it's safer to walk here Under your wheels, your chance is with The easy call, the called-off search The medicine, it still won't work But there's dangerous

Fantasy Fools The New Pornographers

Here come the fortune seekers Backyard dreams that bleed their secrets The fortune seekers Spinning wheels in the sand All out of body, out of hand The plan to redirect the arc of time Is spread out on

Dancehall Domine The New Pornographers

No never let it be said We call the dancehall domine You're covered in credits Don't let it, no never let it be said I've got, got the floor Now I've got, got the floor In the heart, in the heart, in

All The Old Showstoppers The New Pornographers

When John he saw the numbers he lied Made up the whole thing, failed when he tried To cash in on his cautious new fame Always the numbers but never the name We we hit the numbers we broke Broken and changed

Wish Automatic Suite The New Pornographers

A carnival beating heart and a means of escape Ride the rail, jump the track, go to sleep wide awake This wish automatic [Verse 2] Soar with me for awhile, sweep the crumbs from the trail Want to go faster

Mutiny, I Promise You The New Pornographers

you And here's the party it turned into Heartbeat, you abandoned searches Your lost ride You're in my lost country now lady Sweethearts in the crosstown wild You don't let go To the new live history goes

Unguided The New Pornographers

In every story, every secret told You are not the first to wake up To learn your lines before you have the part You woke up early and you woke up torn You're the temporary border The heatwave humming in

Brill Bruisers The New Pornographers

Out on the waves Over the railing asking the crowd Send you back To stage its sail it's sailing away They left behind Looking for searchlights leading the charge The mass appeal To brilliant bruisers taking

Challengers The New Pornographers

Yes I know it was late We were greeting the sun Before long And you live with someone I live with somebody too Leave it there For safe keeping One of the west village in plains That was the custom Come

Wide Eyes The New Pornographers

Overlooking the canyon Right from where I'm standing I swear I see my former glory still burning It had every intent of returning There's years to planning and landing To prepare for jumping the canyon

Firework in the Falling Snow The New Pornographers

Ready for a move, at the gun Fire on the trip back to one Strapping on the jets, we're good to fly Firing after one last side eye A firework in the falling snow [Verse 2] Maybe clean the heart off your

Marie and the Undersea The New Pornographers

, someone once said [Chorus] Marie, as the undersea calls, Marie, as the undersea calls Marie, as the undersea calls, Marie, as the undersea calls Marie Calls out your name [Verse 2] Next thing you're

Pontius Pilate's Home Movies The New Pornographers

I was listening to the first grace notes of the day play The sun kept on rising 'til it floated away Gone to join the bright side, needed to count in Controlled demolitions, the path through the mountain

Myriad Harbour The New Pornographers

I took a plane I took a train (Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city) I said to Carl Look up for once (See just how the sun sets in the sky) I said to Jon Do you think the girls here (Ever wonder

Born With a Sound (Feat. Amber Webber) The New Pornographers

There's death in the breadline There's deaths on the vine I wanted you quite often In that I wanted you all of the time I've been up all night I've been up all day I was into the illusion I was into the

War on the East Coast The New Pornographers

Last night I dreamt Vancouver dressed up in the ocean Last night I dreamt Victoria drowned in the ocean The ride of a lifetime The rites of spring of a lifetime The ride of a lifetime The rites of spring

Bottle Episodes The New Pornographers

the walk of shame But with so much to remember We will always come in slightly late Here inside the TV glow Of these bottle episodes Shouldn't have to wait so long For everything to make some sense, I

Angelcover The New Pornographers

Angels on the edge of my bed, been there half of the night Looked around, asked “You made this hell yourself?

Go Places The New Pornographers

Yes a heart will always go one step too far Come the morning and the four corners I see What the moral of the back story could be Come with me, go places And a heart will always stay one day too long Always

Sing Me Spanish Techno The New Pornographers

Don't you know After picking the glass off the ground Don't you know After shaking the thing for a sound Do we see what the clock makes you do But I won't let this happen to you In a town Where I lost

Cat and Mouse With the Light The New Pornographers

I don't mean to be the last one standing Only meant to be the next best thing You're the last of my first mistakes left And you can take that as a compliment [Verse 2] They don't sell what we want in the

Hi-Rise The New Pornographers

We're out on the roof All eyes in the night Are concentrated and glowing An explosion effect Walking on the roof Of a hi rise on the moon You never go where you're going But points there is room You're

Last and Beautiful The New Pornographers

I was going to seek the dark ends of the earth A last beautiful stand Was going to step down, drop torches Become just a face in the crowd [Pre-Chorus] It was done, I dotted all the Is but one Deal was

Entering White Cecilia The New Pornographers

Cruising the magnetic strip I seized the ship I wanted it to be me that was with you Site unseen shot through with meaning I ran to the door, looked around I fell to the floor just to see if it was down

Failsafe The New Pornographers

Ready to roll At the first glimpse of failsafe Signing my checks With a name that's not mine Locking the hours that's spent round through the tail end Scolding those hills ahead We both had a hand in it

Adventures In Solitude The New Pornographers

Balancing on One wounded wing Circling the edge Of the neverending The best of the vanished marvels have gathered inside your door More than begin But less than forget But spirits born From the not happened

Continue as a Guest The New Pornographers

Most of us don't have the luxury of giving in If you're talking giving up, well, that's another thing It's a sun, it's gonna set, this isn't quantum shit I don't even need a room, just want the view, that's

Another Drug Deal Of The Heart The New Pornographers

We can't send it back Pretend it's yours 'cause it will be It will still be cracked Are you sure we bought the right thrill here It's a drug deal of the heart Don't meet me here Just meet me out on that

Graceland The New Pornographers

Countdown to zero, to zero I am listening Through the walls, not at all What I thought I was missing In my case there is something in the will to escape life at last As we ride into the sun safe we burst

Really Really Light The New Pornographers

I am blurry on this here particular scene More like a radio static It's a noise in-between How many lives have you pulled from the air You're not seeing 'em now But they're all more or less there, yeah

All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth The New Pornographers

All those things that go to make heaven and this Where midnight once was splashed across the canvas Midnight, who wants a go Midnight, who lost control and found this world With matter removed of divine

Champions Of Red Wine The New Pornographers

We are champions of red wine, poured all over It's what we're known for, find arms crossed lines Crossed for old times, like starting over Open up the headlamps, be poised to look for You're coming over

Marching Orders The New Pornographers

these marching orders mean Some hackneyed fairy tale I'd move outta their dreams It's what they do Stepping to Marching ten paces in front of you Let's put this countdown clock away Unfinished parts of the

The Spirit of Giving The New Pornographers

You went looking for shelter In all the wrong spaces You grew gluttonous and famous with faces Nameless and blank Superstitiously you named them St. Christopher and Johanna St.

You Tell Me Where The New Pornographers

Take a breather They came for Caesar But I don't think he's here Disiderata Is that your name now Glad you came out You've proved your poison Is more than noise and The joy's addictive Although restrictive