must have been down at the salvador deli the day
all of my friends were abducted and carried away
we hung out and smoked cigarettes
not knowing the worst of it yet
but I felt an ache as each one would be taken
away, faster than science
away, cast to the lions
you may or may never notice
when someone was taken
high school was difficult, never sure if I caught on
so I learned to look past the window when summer was gone
had a girl candy and red
while fire engines screamed in my head
some newspaper clippings and I felt her slipping
away, faster than science
away, plastered and violent
you may or may not believe it
but love has its leavings
I, I’ve always been quite aware of the sky
always held out not to marry an antidisestablishmentarian, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah
yeah..
We hung out and smoked cigarettes
not knowing the worst of it yet
and away, faster than science
away, cast to the lions
you may or may never notice
but I have been taken
away, bastard defiant
away, I have been taken..
must have been slow at the salvador deli today.