Blameless - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Why didn’t I just walk away?

I saw what they’d done to boys who refused to bow down to them

If only I were a setting sun

I’d burn right through the core of the earth to warn you about it

The latest trend is to pretend

And know what’s all around

And you stare at the ceiling and leave me to steal from you

You’re walking away now, but I will not take anything

What’s done is done

Set them up, I will knock them down

What brought you to be stranded like me in this blameless American town?

Don’t let them get to you

Did you think they’d be tying your shoes

Did you think they’d be bringing you around?

Your will just bends, you pretend

That no one’s around

You stare at the ceiling, and leave me to steal from you

You’re walking away now, but I will not take anything

What’s done is done

And the farmer’s lost to quicksand now, it is done

And I haven’t the strength for to fix it now, it is done

Tell my mother I’ll meet her in the silo full of leaves

And the softer touches will keep us from gnawing at the earth

And swinging at the breeze, and suddenly I