Stalagmites-The Cribs

[ti:Stalagmites] [ar:The Cribs] [al:In the Belly of the Brazen Bull] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stalagmites - The Cribs [00:47.02]We stand here in ceremonial dress [00:51.44] [00:52.38]With a knife in the garter [00:54.59] [00:57.75]Like the love you never get to feel [01:01.76] [01:03.16]This is the fame of the martyr [01:05.50] [01:09.48]You are the California smile [01:13.60] [01:14.75]You're the cake decorator [01:17.07] [01:21.26]“He has this plan which is keep doing exactly what it is you're doing [01:26.20]And somehow everything's going to be alright [01:29.46]And I was like I'm growing stalagmites I' don't want to be here anymore [01:34.41] [01:43.46]So I guess we're going to live in this haunted city forever more [01:47.56] [01:48.10]Where the gray creeps through your front door and all the houses [01:51.22] [01:51.75]Look like jack'o'lanterns exactly the same all stood in a row [01:55.78] [01:57.43]Glowing with the mundanity of an early evening being lived out inside ” [02:03.21] [02:06.13]Like the rabbits with ointment in their eyes [02:10.36] [02:11.66]Trying to focus in cages [02:13.72] [02:17.84]The lives are lived so what is it [02:21.57] [02:22.52]An hourglass or two faces [02:24.88] [02:28.76]We're only human is our excuse [02:32.55] [02:34.05]Let's just keep blaming nature [02:36.63] [02:40.07]My heart melts less over the years [02:43.89] [02:45.29]Whilst the past rings in my ears [02:48.19] [02:51.47]You are the California smile [02:56.94] [02:57.46]You're the cake decorator [02:59.18] [03:03.26]“So if needs be I'll batter you with unrelenting dignity [03:06.14] [03:06.87]My mouth will be sealed tighter than a nervous clam [03:09.99] [03:11.63]Because all words will be meaningless when you're washed up on the sand [03:15.36] [03:17.72]Try not to think about the future [03:19.02] [03:20.58]Try not to live in the past ” [03:22.95] [04:07.02]In the meantime I'll write down all of these words [04:13.31] [04:15.06]And sing songs of being lost then found [04:19.77] [04:22.54]Being loved and lost