Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie

Locked up in my hurricane head Bloody knuckles paint the whole place red Straitjacket, straight tie me to the bed All alone in a room full of misfits Cold blooded, cold hearted on a hit list Paranoid, struggling, I gotta kick this Everybody's looking at me, staring at me Everybody's looking at me Terrified, paralyzed Something's got a hold on me Let me go, I can't speak I'm choking on my crooked teeth Wake me up if I sleep Cause I'm haunted by my dreams Crying out, but I can't speak Cause I'm choking on my, choking on my Crooked teeth My crooked teeth Caved in, hyperventilating Cutting way too close to my skin I feel the devil trying to creep back in I feel the devil trying to creep back in I'm possessed by the every day stress Flash back and I'm trying to forget Bloody hell, bloody knife, bloody mess Terrified, paralyzed Something's got a hold on me Let me go, I can't speak I'm choking on my crooked teeth Wake me up if I sleep Cause I'm haunted by my dreams Crying out, but I can't speak Cause I'm choking on my, choking on my Crooked teeth Everybody's looking at me, staring at me Everybody's looking at me Everybody's looking at me, staring at me Everybody's looking at me Terrified, paralyzed Something's got a hold on me Let me go, I can't speak I'm choking on my crooked teeth Wake me up if I sleep Cause I'm haunted by my dreams Crying out, but I can't speak Cause I'm choking on my, choking on my Crooked teeth My crooked teeth

If two fill-ups is all it costs, I guess I'll make the drive Down past the Texas line to make sure he's not alive Dumped him off of a river bridge in the Fall of '84 Word got around that he climbed out of that muddy red river floor I lost my bride to the finest man, she claims to have ever known When she got to the parking lot, his knees were already blown Love is such a mighty drug, a mightier disease Bet he misses her Floatin' past the barge with one eye and crooked teeth One eye and crooked teeth One eye and crooked teeth One eye and crooked teeth Your crooked teeth been floatin' and my ladies resting fine Seven miles out of Bismark, next to backin' all the lines I laid her down so softly, and so kindly reassured Lovin' ain't for tamin' a disease that can't be cured And I would ride through Colorado on a rocky stretch of road With no one who loves me as far as telephone poles go I wish I was a trusted man, but a trusted man is weak The only thing worth trusting is some brass through crooked teeth Some brass through crooked teeth Some brass through crooked teeth Your crooked teeth been floatin' and my ladies resting fine Seven miles out of Bismark, next to backin' all the lines I laid her down so softly, and so kindly reassured Lovin' ain't for tamin' a disease that can't be cured I lost my bride to the finest man, she claims to have ever known When she got to the parking lot, his knees were already blown Love is such a mighty drug, a mightier disease Bet he misses her Floatin' past the barge with one eye and crooked teeth

Again those voices talk to me Trying to manipulate me Wish it would end before I'm giving in to them Two faces, one name Zero empathy for this disarray Cut my head off to see the misery within All these lies in my mind I'm never good enough All this time I keep saying I'm never good enough All these lies in my mind And I'm not giving a fuck Wishing it would stop Before I give it up I fight To end my crooked mind I'm tired of everything that's weighing up my life I tried To bend to please you right I'm tired of this shit to make you satisfied Adapt, reject Take it out of my head Is this my voice or is this somebody else? The only suspect that I see is myself Behind the masquerade I fell victim to my own delusion Is this my voice or is this somebody else? I fight To end my crooked mind I'm tired of everything that's weighing up my life I tried To bend to please you right I'm tired of this shit to make you satisfied Cut my head off to see the misery taking the best of me

When we were young and indifferent, we could not have known This world will chew you up and spit you out on your own I know it hurts It hurts me too, just to watch you sinking I can't help thinking Was there something holding you back? Was the weight of the world on your back So long, you're sick of the gravity? Is there someone telling you no? Do you wander with nowhere to go? What are you waiting, oh, what are you waiting for? I'm reaching out, please take my hand The water's getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care? Do you even want me there? We are the victims just like our parents taught us to be Roots planted firmly, but we fell so far from the tree And still we cling to the past with an iron grip As we all fall fast asleep Dreaming of security The chance to redefine The years we've wasted Living on borrowed time My will is spent I used the very last drop Trying to keep my head on straight enough I know it hurts It hurts to feel it all slip right past you I just want to ask you Was there something holding you back? Have you had to cover your tracks So long, you lost your identity? Is there something dragging you down? Crippled under the weight of the crown What are you waiting, oh, what are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? I'm reaching out please take my hand The water's getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care? Do you even want me there? For all of our differences I always said I'd be there if you should come undone It took all I had in me Do you even care? Do you even want me there? Do you even want me there? There are ghosts in every window And they'll follow you back home But if you stay a moment I can tell you all I know Of how these times have changed us How they bring us to our knees How they send us down the crooked path Divide us temporarily I'm reaching out, please take my hand The water's getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care? Do you even want me there? I said I'm sorry, I swear I'll do better I never thought we'd have to carry this weight together This is contagion, a plague that I bear And it kills me to say that I really need you here

Cath, she stands With a well-intentioned man But she can't relax With his hand on the small of her back And as the flashbulbs burst She holds a smile Like someone would hold A crying child And soon everybody will ask What became of you 'Cause your heart was dying fast And you didn't know what to do Cath, it seems That you lived in someone else's dream In a hand-me-down wedding dress With the things that could've been all repressed But you said your vows And you closed the door On so many men Who would have loved you more And soon everybody will ask What became of you 'Cause your heart was dying fast And you didn't know what to do The whispers that it won't last Roll up and down the pews But if their hearts were dying that fast They'd have done the same as you And I'd have done the same as you