Cool Song No. 2
by MGMT

Album: MGMT (2013)
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  • Whenever I drift by the unknown
    Feign like I notice a fundamental tone
    The fine pedals open and close offended
    More explanation and nothing shown

    Kind of like if a friend exits without a sign
    Glimmering like a precious stone
    Maybe we share the dream for 20 nights in a row
    I would feel better knowing that I was alone

    Wherever scientists turn lead to birds,
    Torment ignites essence, delights from the earth
    What you find shocking
    They find amusing,
    Something else to soften a sadistic urge
    When they tell you the extent of the vice
    Then the prime time mission is to choke the statistician,
    And like the senses that you're lurking behind
    While it gnaws right through to your core,
    Oh I'd twist it more

    If you think that you're free (Free like a kite)
    Watching as it flies by (Spy the unknown)
    Focus on the quiet oars
    Tell me how far you'd go (Go where you like)
    Knowing your air won't last (Last one to know)
    Would you feel better holding the stars up?

    What if the beast escapes (Apes have it good)
    And separates like a cloud (Loud like a fault),
    Seeps into the hollow bones?
    Wouldn't its eyes expand
    And zero in like a scope?
    I might feel better
    Knowing I wasn't alone Writer/s: ANDREW WELLS VANWYNGARDEN, BENJAMIN NICHOLAS HUNER GOLDWASSER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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