The Politics of Passing Out

The Politics of Passing Out - The World/Inferno Friendship Society

It was the politics of passing out and other things I thought about

Wondering if and despairing of when you and I might meet again

I made up lines I saved up quotes I burned through schemes

I swam with hope

Waiting for the moment when any of this might matter again

We must burn but burn joyfully and give off light

Unalloyed joy at least for tonight

With dreams so strange

And insistent it's no wonder I go around kicking things

I dreamt I got touched I dreamt I could fly

I never dreamt things would be bad between you and I

We burn joyfully and we give off light

Unalloyed joy at least for tonight

So take it on the chin spit teeth shut up and sing

Like the veins in my arms like the tattoos on your skin

Night upon night blank cassettes and cigarettes

Like lilacs off the tongue this was supposed to be fun

This was supposed to be fun

It was the politics of hanging out that made me feel so dumb about

Going to shows or even answering the phone

I ended up hanging out all alone

And burn joyfully and give off light

Unalloyed joy at least for tonight

So take it on the chin spit teeth shut up and sing

Like the veins in my arms like the tattoos on your skin

Night upon night blank cassettes and cigarettes

Like lilacs off the tongue this was supposed to be fun

Man it was no sin blank looks and cigarettes

Like the scars on my arms like the heat beneath your skin

And fight upon fight busted lips and cigarettes

Like curses off the tongue we're not supposed to be so dumb

I wish we weren't so dumb

I wish we weren't so dumb

I wish we weren't so

We must burn but burn joyfully and give off light

Unalloyed joy at least for tonight

Maybe just tonight