Smoke Detector

Album: Laugh Track (2023)
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  • Smoke detector, smoke detector
    All you need to do is protect her
    Smoke detector

    Smoke detector, smoke detector
    Blink and bless her and let her rest
    Don't let my memory dissolve

    Make a list of your loved ones in order of height
    Laugh at the blackbirds in the black of the night
    Forgive all the favorites in your phone
    Imagine yourself completely alone
    Sit in the backyard in my pharmacy slippers
    At least I'm not on the roof anymore
    In a year or so I hope nobody remembers
    This run of episodes of my time on the floor

    Need to recharge, light from the stars
    Won't really reach anything will it?
    Binary capsules of all human culture
    History and science and headless sculptures
    Stories of monkeys and digital religions
    Like life on a note of the last living pigeon

    Smoke detector, smoke detector
    All you need to do is protect her
    Smoke detector

    Smoke detector, smoke detector
    Blink and bless her and let her rest
    Don't let my memory dissolve

    I'll get better, I'll fluff the feathers
    I'll punch in the numbers and I'll enter the letters
    Why don't you let me lay here and listen to the distant sirens?
    Wonder why they have a dog in the driver's seat
    With a red helmet and his head out the window
    It's getting closer no matter where we go
    Brush your teeth and write your name
    On the bottom of brick under the window pane

    Sift through the slush and the ash and the dust
    For whatever stands out for whatever reason
    If it's a laugh or a rush a remembered feeling
    You don't know it means but you don't want to leave it
    Put it in a plastic bag and put it in a pocket
    Hang it on a hanger and put it in a closet
    You'll know where it is whenever you need it
    I make a good argument, admit it

    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    Just try to remember the best of us
    Just try to remember the best of us

    Make a list of your loved ones in order of height
    Laugh at the blackbirds in the black of the night
    Forgive all the favorites in your phone
    Imagine yourself completely alone

    Sit in the backyard in my pharmacy slippers
    At least I'm not on the roof anymore
    In a year or so I hope nobody remembers
    This run of episodes of my time on the floor

    Need to recharge, light from the stars
    Won't really reach anything will it?
    The binary capsules of all human culture
    Science and history and headless sculptures
    Stories of monkeys and digital religions
    Like a note on the ankle of the last living pigeon

    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?

    I'll get better, I'll fluff the feathers
    I'll punch in the numbers and enter the letters
    Why don't you stay and listen to the sirens with me?
    I wonder if they have a dog in the driver's seat
    With a red helmet and his head out the window
    It's getting closer no matter where we go
    Brush your teeth and write your name
    On the bottom of a brick under the window pane

    Sift through the slush and the ash and the dust
    For whatever stands out for whatever reason
    If it's a laugh or a rush or a remembered feeling
    You don't know it means but you don't want to leave it

    Put it in a plastic bag and put it in the closet
    And hang it in the hanger and put it in a closet
    You don't know where it is whenever you need it
    I make a good argument, admit it

    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?

    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love you, do you?
    You don't know how much I love- Writer/s: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Bryce David Dessner, Matthew Donald Berninger
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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