[00:15.335]Why don't you ever want to play?[00:17.828]I'm tired of this piece of string[00:21.340]You sleep as much as I do now[00:23.711]And you don't eat much of anything[00:28.107]I don't know who you're talking to[00:31.527]I made a search through every room[00:34.988]But all I found was dust that moved[00:38.273]In shadows of the afternoon[00:39.517][00:40.990]And listen, about those bitter songs you sing?[00:47.213]They're not helping anything[00:50.717]They won't make you strong[00:54.831][00:56.378]So, we should open up the house[00:58.892]Invite the tabby two doors down[01:02.506]You could ask your sister[01:04.364]If she doesn't bring her basset hound[01:09.177]Ask the things you shouldn't miss:[01:12.545]Tape-hiss and the Modern Man[01:16.089]The Cold War and card catalogues[01:19.534]To come and join us if they can[01:21.437][01:22.655]For girly drinks and parlor games[01:26.266]We'll pass around the easy lie[01:29.588]Of absolutely no regrets[01:33.094]And later maybe you could try[01:36.466]To let your losses dangle off[01:39.913]The sharp edge of a century[01:43.173]And talk about the weather, or[01:46.578]How the weather used to be[01:48.006][01:49.190]And I'll cater with all the birds that I can kill[01:55.596]Let their tiny feathers fill disappointment[02:03.139]Lie down; lick the sorrow from your skin[02:09.169]Scratch the terror and begin[02:12.797]To believe you're strong[02:15.487][02:27.250]All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV[02:34.415]And frankly that thing doesn't really interest me[02:40.268]I swear I'm going to bite you hard[02:43.024]And taste your tinny blood[02:47.538]If you don't stop the self-defeating lies[02:50.701]You've been repeating since the day you brought me home[02:55.779]I know you're strong