The World Moves On-Jens Lekman

[ti:The World Moves On] [ar:Jens Lekman] [al:I Know What Love Isn't] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The World Moves On - Jens Lekman [00:15.47]The thermometer ran out of numbers [00:18.09]When it reached fifty degrees [00:19.59] [00:20.21]I just lay down on the floor [00:22.34]With a bag of frozen peas [00:24.40]We saw plumes of smoke [00:26.33]Rising in the distance from our balcony [00:28.58]I poured a glass of wine [00:31.20] [00:32.38]Sucked the juice out of a kiwi [00:34.32]Catherine turned on the TV [00:36.63]They showed acres after acres [00:38.37]Of absolutely nothing [00:40.74]And then Stevie called and said [00:42.80]Are you watching what I'm watching [00:44.99]I said I'm watching what you're watching [00:47.30]Oh what is it I'm watching [00:49.23]The night before I had been bored [00:51.29]My legs had been restless [00:53.29]It was my birthday [00:55.16]I'd already opened up my presents [00:57.41]At the social club I met some friends [00:59.59]Who were friends with this girl [01:01.15]One by one they dropped of [01:02.83]Till it was just me and her [01:05.21]We made out in every bar in town [01:07.95] [01:09.13]While the state of Victoria [01:11.88]Burned down to the ground [01:14.69] [01:21.80]And the sun rose over the city [01:26.98] [01:28.23]The wind swept through the valley [01:30.98] [01:38.34]You don't get over a broken heart [01:43.08] [01:44.02]You just learn to carry it gracefully [01:47.51] [01:55.19]Edinburgh gardens offered some kind of shade [01:58.81]I would pick up some beers and head down to the lake [02:02.80]Watch the possums and listen to the growling banter [02:06.76]There was one I liked especially [02:08.20]I named her Santa sentimental [02:10.94]I would offer a slice of apple from my hand [02:13.94] [02:14.69]She would sniff it frown and then lumber back to the trash can [02:20.77] [02:27.01]I was going uphill on my mountain bike [02:30.01]When I was passed by a scooter [02:31.88]You got a dollar or a cigarette [02:33.82]Hey I'm talking to you poofa [02:35.74]What I should have said was nothing [02:37.50]What I said was get lost [02:39.43]Next thing I'm upside-down [02:42.15]With my bike in the ground [02:44.27]Hitting dirt all the way home [02:46.34] [02:47.58]Cursing the buried ground which I was chewing on [02:53.01] [02:59.94]And the sun rose over the city [03:05.18] [03:06.61]The wind swept through the valley [03:09.36] [03:16.66]You don't get over a broken heart [03:21.72] [03:22.40]You just learn to carry it gracefully [03:25.72] [03:33.27]And that's what it's like [03:34.83]When you've had your heart broken [03:37.14]The world just shrugs it's shoulders [03:40.20]And keeps going [03:41.26]It just moves on in all it's sadness and glory [03:44.88]Oh but then you're with a friend [03:47.19]I tell them my story [03:49.18]I saw Bunny put the book back on the shelf [03:52.49] [03:53.05]She says maybe it's time you take a look at yourself [03:58.57] [04:06.12]No one's born an asshole [04:07.87]It takes a lot of hard work [04:09.62]And God knows I've worked my a** off [04:11.99]To be a jerk [04:13.61]So many hands I've held [04:15.61]While wondering why I felt nothing [04:17.85]Why when I let go of that hand [04:19.91]I always start to feel something [04:22.04]Like a bottle smashed against my head [04:24.72] [04:25.72]She said I wish you would have just cheated on me instead [04:30.58] [04:38.82]Loving without loving [04:40.70]Is always the worst crime [04:42.50]I know all the signs and signals [04:44.56]Cause now I've been on both sides [04:46.50]The way you choose your words [04:48.74]The limpness of your hand [04:50.43]I almost died when you introduced me as a friend [04:55.17]How can you call me a friend [04:58.04] [04:58.66]If you don't love me [05:00.04]Then please have the dignity to tell me [05:04.65] [05:06.59]I never said any of that [05:08.77] [05:10.83]I just shook that hand and looked [05:13.95]Down at the doormat [05:15.20] [05:17.26]And the sun rose over the city [05:20.25] [05:21.63]The wind swept through the valley [05:24.01] [05:31.87]You don't get over a broken heart [05:36.51] [05:37.63]You just learn to carry it gracefully