Artist: Architecture In Helsinki Album: In Case We Die {2005}

Just yesterday I was walking on the moon with your stalker
And we talked about love and all the battles we'd won
A permanent malaise prevented us from hiding our fortunes
So we left them bare for all the natives to see

One of two things we should've had but never did
One of two things we should've had but never did

Slender is the finger
Points towards the floor
Offers you an excuse
To be on all fours

One of two things we should've had but never did
One of two things we should've had but never did

Stranger danger, danger stranger
When you gonna follow through

The mistake you don't make
Or the rain cloud covers above your house
Steal the feelings, don't focus on the flames, girl

Have I failed to impress you
Could've sworn that wine and one and four made two
But it's five, it's five

Can I ride with you
Until the sunset gets all red
And we'll chased by the moon

Hope the passion don't fade
Since you decided he's your spouse
Wheeling, dealing, joking - things will change girl

Have I failed to impress you
Could've sworn that wine and one and four made two
But it's five, it is five

Tonight the neon answers flare
Occasionally we stop to stare past
Tiny paintings painted where
The clouds were wrong

With killer stares and sideways frowns
In keeping with the universe upside down
Twice, twice, twice

And broken legs and arms in slings
You cry secretly, you won't wear my diamond rings
Why, why, why

A billion cares, a thousand stings
We lie frequently
Choose the chapter where he starts
Fight, fight, fight

And millionaires have bought this town
And changed everything
I found you in a lost and found
White, white, white

Cho, choking on a wishbone
In the firing line of lovers who will never slow down
And I won't let you steer
Comandere the atmosphere since you suggested running away - it's romantic
Hit the redial, maybe we should sigh a while
Save our second wind for sentimental warm weather

Four, forever
Two, together
We'll play dead, we'll play dead
We'll play deadly

Should we make believe you remember me
From a holiday delayed by a storm
Should we chance our arms alarms
Set to high noon until the shiver in the river is gone

Ho, hoping you might whistle
Get all dizzy cos I found the reason why you're around
If I locate the feel, talking through the tangles
Can you chase me till you my feet touch the ground - and go dancing
Tambourine style, walking in a single file
You whisper half thoughts to me

Should we make believe you remember me
From a holiday delayed by a storm
Should we chance our arms alarms
Set to high noon until the shiver in the river is gone

Maybe you can owe me
Or should we wait and see
Cos I've been saving up for something we need
As long as you're open to the possibility, yeah

Surely, there's a story
In counting all the minutes till July the first
But you counted all the seconds and it made you feel worse
I don't wanna be here, you just wanna be there
But it's awful complicated and you're warning me to beware, beware

Honey, there's no hurry
I know it's overdue, there's a key to the door
To the room where I'm staying
You can sleep on the floor
Half-way through the night can we talk and see
Cos there's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me
There's no way that I'll sleep when you're near me

She said you'd given up, your folks told me you should be left alone
On a mountain top, knocking the aeroplanes down with stones
Do the whirlwind and carry the hope that stings all night long
Don't abandom him cos he quivers when he hears your song

Believe me, it's safe to see, at least be confused about right and wrong
Plan to settle down over the moon under the sun
Do the whirlwind and shotgun the seat that beat, the beats hanging on
To the one you love to keep keepin', sleepin', dreamin' on

Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son
Folks given up under the quivers and lines
You do the whirlwind, don't abandon
Get a handle of yourself, son

I've got problems, I'm gonna use them
I'm gonna keep them from you till you cry
Got machine guns, I never shoot them
I only borrowed them in case we die

La, la, late nights, pa, pa, play fights
I'm freezing and you're leaving me here
Blue and red, up i'm fed
You're upset, almost dead, tongue twisted

Thiry-five nightmares and ninety-four days
Since I got near you and your anxious ways
Hey darling, let's steal it
I'm certain you're sure
Spell it to me, love

And as we planned there's fireworks, stage right
Swallowing the brains of all in sight
It's one AM, that's evening your time
We're counting sheep
Sell it to me, yell it to me, love

Leave it while it still smolders
So, I'll have to say I told you
I carved our names in a tree there
I meant the letters to be bolder, bolder
Around the angles there's a race where
Silver never gets golder
And baby, when we get older - baby, when we get older
We don't have to get colder, colder

You don't wanna be, I don't wanna see
Baby, get your feet on the floor
Shut the door, count to four
There's ice on your shoulders
I don't wanna fall face down in the flood
Of the tears from the years that we loved
And we messed up - don't mess this up
Let's get older

Remember the foggy window
Remember lightning and wet clothes
Remember the house we used to live near the cemetery, the cemetery

There's a shadow on the wall and it's nine feet tall
And our hearts won't sink cos it's obviously nothing at all
And in a roundabout way we can disappear towards the coast
The most I have to say isn't really that revealing at all

Everyone you forgot, everything you could need
Everybody gonna make it to the cemetery
There's a Fab, there's a Yick, there's a Jenny
There's a Karen, there's a Paul, there's a Jack, there's a Denny

Everyone you forgot, everything you could need
Everybody gonna make it to the cemetery
There's a Ross, there's a Neil, there's a Lenny
There's an Aaron, there's a Saul, there's a Trip, there's a Benny

Do you remember
Do you remember

Remember the foggy window
Remember lightning and wet clothes
Remember the house we used to live near the cemetery, the cemetery

There's a shadow on the wall and it's nine feet tall
And our hearts won't sink cos it's obviously nothing at all
And in a roundabout way we can disappear towards the coast
The most I have to say isn't really that revealing at all

Frenchy, I'm faking, been longing to stir you up
Changing looks slightly, like back in the nineties
Far and away, well, we'll whistle delayed delights
The prospect of lightning was ever so frightening

She said your kisses are nice but I'm looking for hills to roll
Down with abandon and no understanding
I borrowed your suitcase and filled it with pearls and gold
You let me down lightly, I killed you politely

There's a sword in your side
That you'll ignore until blood shows
And later on, when it's gone
When something's wrong
The violence grows and it's designed
To spy and try to poke your eyes while laying low

Beneath the seven different reasons for satellites
Eleven different reasons for fists in fights
There's never been a reason for shouting when it's quiet
But no one's ever listening

Seven different reasons for satellites
Eleven different reasons for fists in fights
There's never been a reason for shouting when it's quiet
But no one's ever listening

When you need to shout, shout
When you need to shout, shout
When you need to shout, shout
No one's ever listening
When you need to shout, shout
When you need to shout, shout
When you need to shout, shout
No one's ever listening

And don't go dragging your name
Through the mud and the rain
When it dries I know some dust that wants to get in your eyes
Put a stethoscope on
You'll notice the beat is gone
All that's left is hesitations from your previous life

Don't go dragging your name
Through the mud and the rain
When it dries I know some dust that wants to get in your eyes
Put a stethoscope on
You'll notice the beat is gone
All that's left is hesitations from your previous life

INSTRUMENTAL

Carve your name into my arm
Cos I long to feel your name blood red
Leave our love life at the door
What's in store, we don't know just yet

And that is why when we get together
There's no need to be clever
Lightning struck at eleven
Same as last night
We talk deeper than weather
Baseball cap with a feather
Fire engine's here to quell
The blaze that's our life

Sidestep neighbors full of lust
Good times rust and the runaway's best
And when the love detector finds a spark
It's before dark when we couldn't care less

And that is why when we get together
There's no need to be clever
Lightning struck at eleven
Same as last night
We talk deeper than weather
Baseball cap with a feather
Fire engine's here to quell
The blaze that's our life