How They Made Us-Wil Wagner

[ti:How They Made Us] [ar:Wil Wagner] [al:Laika] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]How They Made Us - Wil Wagner [00:16.12]It's a midwinter Friday and there's not a car on this highway [00:20.95]That wouldn't hit me just to get home [00:24.59]I'm riding punch lines and dregs from the pouch that we split [00:28.51] [00:29.39]Somewhere back on punt road [00:31.71]And the big neon signs they all intertwine [00:36.38] [00:37.05]With the passing cars headlights burning my eyes [00:40.56] [00:41.19]In this city of excuses dead palm trees and useless transport [00:45.60] [00:47.10]I use my legs to get to you on time [00:53.56] [00:56.12]But silence speaks louder than words that we don't understand [01:00.86]And I know the language is made out of [01:04.06] [01:05.11]One up man ship and sleight of hand [01:09.25] [01:11.16]But it's all we've got to explain how they made us [01:19.73] [01:20.73]Unable to explain how they made us [01:23.33] [01:24.46]Unable to explain how they [01:27.15] [01:41.38]And I'm naked except for donations rank revelations [01:46.14]My own bad behavior pissing off the neighbours [01:49.74] [01:50.45]Lying to colleagues about how interesting I am [01:53.43] [01:54.17]Just so part of me is nothing like them and [01:57.60]The clubs up on swan street pulse to the back beat of violence and sadness [02:03.37]And god awful sweat heat [02:05.25]They tarnish reputations and they smash up train stations [02:09.06]So angry they forgot what they were angry about [02:13.01]This city is a punching bag for the punished to let something out [02:18.82] [02:20.11]But how can you stay mad [02:21.89]When the red sun spits straight through the clouds like this [02:26.35]And the cold bites my skin [02:29.15] [02:30.49]And you bite my upper lip [02:32.16] [02:34.08]But silence speaks louder than words that we don't understand [02:37.96] [02:38.59]And I know the language is made out of [02:41.49] [02:42.55]One up man ship and sleight of hand [02:45.68] [02:48.16]But it's all we've got to explain how they made us [02:56.46] [02:57.37]Unable to explain how they made us [02:59.81] [03:00.96]Unable to explain how they made us [03:03.62] [03:04.53]Unable to explain how they