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Recorded in the back bedroom at Brotown, Chicago IL on September 14 & 29 and October 8, 2008

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Well, we should never have started the sequel
Never mind the prequel, girl
We were doomed from the starting gun
Although it seemed like fun
When we were spun on a warehouse run
Stickers and glowsticks, we were out of our minds
Our love was like a new branch finding the light
I wrote "the drugs won't be our balloon," and sighed
'Cause truer words were never lied
And darling, can I confide
That there are times when I wish we were still that high?
Oh, but we came down like balloons must do
You were clutching me and I was clutching you
So in the minute or two left to us before impact
I don't want to talk, just brace for the crash

And so I'll turn up my headphones
I suggest you do the same
It's not the best song around
It's just something I found
That might drown out the sound of our bubbles bursting

Soon we were living on our own in a winter town
Just a minute or two before we hit the ground
Before we got tripped up in the creeper vines
And I got snagged on girls
And you got caught on guys
And I stayed out all night
To take a long walk or maybe talk to someone else
In a low-necked shelf
Feet up on the bleachers
With the raddest sneakers
And you'd be stuck at home trying to balance the book
Buying lingerie and learning to cook
You got frayed and let the summer boys splay you
I did everything I could to delay you
Except for say to you
"Wait, don't go, I would've changed all year for you"
And a bigger lie was never true
So in the minute or two before we crash and burn
Can we put on a movie, I think it's your turn

And so I'd crank up the volume
And the neighbors would complain
Saying we've seen it before
And we can take one more
It's just the four on the floor of our bubbles bursting

I had a dream last night that broke my heart again
That we were back like we once had been
Back at the turn of the new century
Under my covers, we were high on E
And our eyes were so wild and freaked out bright
Cause our love was like a new branch finding the light
But hey, now it's alright
We both came out something like alive
You've got one foot in a wedding ring
And one foot in graphic design
And I've got a foot that couldn't draw a straight line
Not to save my life
And so a week or two after we broke our backs
While stumbling home
I heard every track
By every band
We'd ever loved
And for once, instead of ask what I could have done

I just turned up my headphones
And I trust you'll do the same
For a last ditch song that goes on a bit long
But still pops like the bomb of our bubbles bursting

Don't talk
Don't stop
Our bubbles bursting now

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from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ), released December 4, 2020

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