Roland (Interpol)

Shh...Come on, come on
Hey My best friend's a butcher, he has sixteen knivesHe carries them all over the town at least he tries
Oh look it stopped snowingMy best friend's from Poland and, um, he has a beard
But they caught him with his case in that public place
That is what we had feared
He severed segments secretly, you like that
He always took the time to speak with me
And I liked him for that
He severed segments so secretly you like that[What is this, a throw away?
What is this, a throw away?
He always took the time, he always took the time
Please get some help, please get some help
C'mon now, pussycat
My best friend's a butcher, he has sixteen knives
He carries them all over the town at least he tries
Oh look it stopped snowingAnd my best friend's from Poland and, um, he has a beard
But they caught him with his case in that public place
That is what we had feared
He severed segments secretly, you like that
He always took the time to speak with meAnd I liked him for that
He severed segments so secretly you like that
What is this, a throw away? What is this, a throw away?
He was growing on me
What is this, a throw away? A throw away? A throw away? A throw away?
He was growing on me
A throw away? A throw away? A throw away? A throw away?
How about that?YeahI don't know
YeahWell if that's the way it is

Evil ( Interpol)

Rosemary
Heaven restores you in life
Coming with me
Through the aging, the fearing and the strife
It's the smiling on the packageIt's the faces in the sandIt's the thought that holds you upwards
Embracing me with two hands
Right, we'll take you places
Yeah maybe to the beachWhen your friends they do come crying
Tell them now your pleasure's set upon slow-release
Hey wait
Great smileSensitive to faith not
DenialBut hey whose on trial?
It took a life spanWith no cellmate
The long way back Sandy why can't we look the other way?
He speaks about travel
Yeah, we think about the land
We smile like all peoples
Feeling real tan
I can take you places
Do you need a new man? Wipe the pollen from the faces
Make revision to a dream while you wait in the van
Hey waitGreat smile
Sensitive to faith not DenialBut hey whose on trial?
It took a life spent
With no cellmateTo find a long way back Sandy why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, you are exoticYou need something for which to care Sandy why can't we look the other way?
Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my handIt's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
You've come to love me nightly
Yeah, you come to hold me tightIs this motion everlasting
Or do shutters pass in the night?
RosemaryOh heaven restores you in lifeI spent a lifespan with no cellmate
The long way back Sandy why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, semi-erotic
You need someone to take you there Sandy why can't we look the other way?
Why can't we just play the other game?
Why can't we just look the other way?

Obstacle 1 (Interpol)

I wish I could eat the salt of your lost and fading lips
We can cap the old times, make playing only logical harm

We can cap the old lines, make playing that nothing else will change

But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's badShe can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad

Oh, she's bad
But it's different now that I'm poor and aging, I'll never see this face again

You go stabbing yourself in the neck
And we can find new ways of living, make playing only logical harm

And we can top the old times, clay making that nothing else will change

But she can read, she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad

She can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad

Oh, she's bad. It's different now that I'm poor and aging, I'll never see this place again

You go stabbing yourself in the neck

But it's different now that I'm poor and aging, I'll never see this place again

And you go stabbing yourself in the neck
It's in the way that she posedIt's in the things that she puts in my hair

Her stories are boring and stuff

She's always calling my bluff

She puts the, she puts the weights into my little heart

And she gets in my room and she takes it apart, oh

She puts the weights into my little heartI said she puts the weights into my little heart
She packs it away
It's in the way that she walksHer heaven is never enoughShe puts the weights in my heart

She puts, oh, she puts the weights into my little heart

Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down
(Interpol)

This one is calledStella was a diverAnd she was always down
When she walks down the street,She knows there's people watching.The building fronts are just frontsTo hide the people watching her
But she once fell through the streetDown a manhole in that bad wayThe underground dripWas just like her scuba days DaysDazeDaysDaze
She was all right because the sea was so airtight, she broke awayShe is all right but she can't come out tonight, she broke awayShe was all right, yeah the sea was so tight, air tightShe broke away, broke away
At the bottom of the ocean she dwellsAt the bottom of the ocean she dwellsFrom crevices caressed by fingersAnd fat blue serpent swellsStella, Stella, Stella, Stella I love you
Well, she was my catatonic sex toy, love-joy diverShe went down down down there into the sea,Yeah she went down down down there, down there for me, right on
So good, oh yeah, right on
(There's something that's invisible,There's some things you can't hide,Try detect you when I'm sleeping,In a wave you say goodbye...)