Gentleman's Pact Lyrics
Gentleman's Pact - Conor Oberst
I was lost for a while in a mirrored
hallway of a high-rise hotel
Umbrella drink in my hand sitting down
Saw ten thousand me's numb cocaine teeth
in their chattering mouths
Thought about home thought about death
thought about moving south
Rodeo wind blew in now the candle's out
and everyone's scared
Call my broker sell everything
I want to be prepared
Heard the cavalry cry of my girl
for the night when I entered her
Sounded so fake always feels fake finishes
and then it feels worse
Every hallway has a camera
Every hallway has a camera don't you know
They never let you open the window
They never let you open the window
Smoke signals of thought white ribbons of loss
High above the tree line they cry out
I froze up for a second on the pyramid
side of the Las Vegas strip
My brother hunched over in the bushes getting sick
Security knew took one look and threw us out
Life's not fair
I tried to die young with my true love
ended up a millionaire
The mechanical world
a loud sound you've never heard that's always there
Radio's trailing through the desert
keep driving until you disappear
We made a gentlemen's pact
no stopping no looking back
Lace those shoes
Take the first step
Take the next step
That's a boy
It is never too soon
All that you keep is the journey
all you keep are the spaces in between
It's not the fresh start or the ending
All that you keep is the journey
Smoke rings round my thoughts
Blue ribbons at the dawn
High beyond the tree line we pass out
Smoke signals of thought white ribbons of loss
High above the tree line they cry out