Absent Kid — This Town Works Backwards lyrics

Lyrics

I saw lights, lights up ahead of me
Now I see you light up instead of me
Turn down, turn down the TV
Turn down and spurn your identity
Chalklines on the floor (I don’t see them)
Notes under the door (I don’t read them)
I burnt down the family business
Walked off into the distance
Gonna start a new life today
Gonna start a new life today
All of this was yours (I don’t want it)
All these shattered dreams (I can’t help it)
All, all through your childhood
You clung to nothing — nothing at all
Now, my stride is broken
Been through these motions
You sing;
No! No! I won’t go there!
Head in hands, the wreckage still smoking
The neighbours will not stop talking
Until the whole damn town knows
Until the whole damn town knows
Slurring wedding vows (you're out of focus)
Is no use to us now (We're out of focus)
3am — the subway’s freezing
Voices echo, billboards are bleeding
Left all possessions behind now
Left all possessions behind now
All of this was yours (I don’t want it)
All these shattered dreams (I can’t help it)
All, all through your childhood
You clung to nothing — nothing at all
Now, my stride is broken
Been through these motions
You sing;
No! No! I won’t go there!
All, all through your childhood
You clung to nothing — nothing at all
Now, my stride is broken
Been through these motions
You sing;
No! No! I won’t go there!
No! No! I won’t go there!
No! No! I won’t go there!
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!