Turn on Me with Lyrics - The Shins

You can fake it for a while,
Bite your tongue and smile,
Like every mother does an ugly child.
But the stars are leaking out,
Like spittle from a cloud,
Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound.

You're entertaining any doubt,
Because you had to know that I was fond of you,
Fond of Y-O-U,
Though I knew you masked your disdain.
I can see that change was just too hard for us,
Hard for us.
You always had to hold the reigns,
But where I'm headed, you just don't know the way.

So affections fade away,
And do adults just learn to play
The most ridiculous, repulsive games?
On the faith of ruddy sons,
And the double-barreled guns,
You better hurry,
Rabbit, run, run, run.
'Cause meeting you was fun,
And there's a lot of hungry howlers in this one cell.
We're taking it over,
Their brittle, thorny stems,
They break before they bend,
And neither one of us is one of them.

And the tails will never mend,
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago.
Boy, I still don't know,
I don't know why and I don't care,
Well, hardly anymore,
If you'd only seen yourself hating me.
Hating me,
When I've been so much more than fair.
But then you had to lay those feelings bare,
One thing I know still got you scared,
You're all that cold iron,
And never once aired of our dead.

You had to know that I was fond of you,
Fond of Y-O-U.
So I took your licks at the time,
And to change like that is just so hard to do,
Hard to do.
Don't let it whip-crack your life,
And bow out from the fight,
Those old pious sisters were right
The worst part is over,
Now, get back on that horse and ride.

Great song by the Shins.
I don't own the tune though people!

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[dripdroptiks]

i can't help but feel like i'm being tickled when i listen to this song. is that weird? lol.

[emmasingsbadly]

I am so getting the first verse tattoed on my arm.

[XtopherXon]

I thought it was " 'Cause mincing you is fun"?

[16439147]

This song is undoubtedly from one man to another 

[Kittycatlurver25]

Oh god this song is beautiful. The lyrics. His voice. Take me now.

[Daarko15]

I try to listen to this song when I am doing homework, but I can't help but just tap my foot and pencil and jam out. Some music is just too good to not dedicate all your attention too.

[PeeingRainbows]

"You can fake it for a while,

Bite your tongue and smile,

Like every mother does an ugly child.

But the stars are leaking out,

Like spittle from a cloud,

Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound." Music is not dead!!!

[ajkelly451]

some lyrics are wrong...

it's "but it starts to leak it out...amassed resentment pelting ounce and pound"...

"All our favorite ruddy sons, and their double barreled guns...'cause mincing you was fun..."

I think that's it.

Love this song =)

[jdklaffke14]

am I the only one hearing that silent jolt every few seconds?!?!

[LosersIncorporated]

This song is just amazing.

[foopLpoof]

That single dislike couldn't turn me on.