SONG OF THE DAY // The Shins “40 Mark Strasse”
The newest offering from The Shins has made me very, very happy. I started listening to their retro-style indie pop back in 2004 during my first year of university, and many of their tunes eventually became anthems and the soundtrack to my life at several points.
As for this song, I just think it’s really pretty. Hope you do too.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kFH5A9J1uA]
Lyrics:
Is it all so very simple
And horribly complex
You’re suffering
And there’s nothing coming nextYour mom smokes in the kitchen
Her voice a cutting drown
They’re creeping out, you pass the bar
Your father’s second home
That leaves you on your ownNights I’d often watch you
Float across the ground
Out the gate to the motorway
What secrets have you found?You had to know I wanted
Something from you then
Too young to know just what it was
Something more than a friend
Is that you at the endWell, you play in the street at night
You blow like a broken kite
My girl, you’re giving up the fight
Are you gonna let these Americans
Put another dent in your life?My mother says your dirty
They’re gonna find you dead
But have you got that final chapter
Written in your headCause every single story
Is a story about love
Both the overflowing cup
And the painful lack thereof
You got the heart of a doveBut you play in the street at night
You blow just like a broken kite
My girl, you’re giving up the fight
You’ll have to lose all them childish notions
If you’re gonna let these American boys
Put another dent in your lifeYou play in the street at night
You blow just like a broken kite
My girl, you’re giving up the fight
You’ll have to lose all them childish notions
Are you gonna let these Americans
Put another dent in your life?