Escape Route-Frightened Rabbit

[ti:Escape Route] [ar:Frightened Rabbit] [al:Pedestrian Verse (Deluxe Editi] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Escape Route - Frightened Rabbit [00:01.75] [00:18.31]His first kicking came on January 1st [00:21.12]They said "Welcome to the club [00:22.62]We'll take your shoes and your shirt " [00:24.92]He wore his nosebleed like a red rosette [00:27.34]And it was a prize he would win again and again and again [00:33.45]He had to find an escape route [00:37.64]It was a rumour but it soon became true [00:41.14]When he was drunk in the suburbs [00:43.51]With a boy from a different school [00:45.07]All his good friends soon left him for dead [00:47.45]Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge [00:51.40] [00:53.50]And then he saw an escape route [00:56.51]From the dogs of West Renfrew [00:59.87]From the b*tches and bruises [01:03.37]He chose Ohio to run to [01:05.56] [01:21.70]The name came to him just as he perched [01:24.70]On the amber lit bridge his whole face pursed [01:28.08]It had a ring to it in American songs [01:30.95]It was a glittering release from a crippling curse [01:34.95]He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space [01:37.83]And all the pointing fingers they just melted away [01:41.64]Who knows maybe he'll never take flight [01:44.33]But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night [01:47.45] [01:47.83] [01:50.16]It became an escape route [01:53.16]From the dogs of West Renfrew [01:56.52]From the b*tches and beatings [01:59.97]Midwestern chest to fall into [02:02.69] [02:18.78]Some are saved by the good arms [02:21.50]Some are saved by the church [02:24.82]Some get saved by the skin of their teeth [02:27.69]By the thought that it couldn't get much worse [02:31.50]Some are saved by professors [02:34.88]Some are saved by police [02:38.11]Some get saved by a distant place [02:40.99]By an impossible American dream [02:43.74] [02:43.99]We all need an escape route [02:47.04] [02:54.33]We all need an escape route [02:56.71]From the punches and kicks [03:00.08]The fingernails and the pricks [03:03.38]All the sharp little knives [03:06.82]In the dark pockets of life [03:10.10]From the b*tches and bruises [03:13.22]From the burden of youth [03:16.22]The public hangings and stonings [03:19.91]Save us from fellow humans [03:23.16]Just give us an escape route [03:26.47]