by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

Haven't we made Enough for a living wage? We accept the fatal gift A soup stone for our stove And a blindfold for our tears Paying for a living wage Know it's a deceptive deal We accept the fatal gift

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

When I walk alone I'm walking with you When I sleep alone I'm sleeping with you When I just drink alone, I get so drunk with you When I go out alone, I'm dying I'm dancing I'm dying with you I'm dying

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

Don't hang on so tightly You'll strangle all romance Seduce me, surprise me Pretend we met by chance Dealt the ace back to me so I played it Feeling the odds were for once on my side What a lie, no I

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

Every time I wear this dress I'm back to the way I was when we met Every time a little less I'm not like before, hey When you go to London next Remember the way I was Caught up in a useless test That

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

This is (this is) This is The purpose of my life This is (this is) This is The purpose of my life This is (this is) This is The purpose of my life Harvest all my love, harness all my power To be per

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

From the grandstand to the island To the mainland white sand beach I only want what I can't reach From the songbird to the siren To the famous melody I only want what I can't see A songbird someday w

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

Let me tell you 'bout the legend of the wild horse She escaped from the racetrack, ran away and never came back From the dark forest For sanity I remember this Now that I'm fenced in ba-dum ba-dum Ju

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

Hours to spend, hours to burn Sleeping through the seasons Open, suspended time and space Planets stand in place Planets stand in place Watching it end, watching it burn Out of habit, know the patter

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Choir of the Mind

With a feather in your cap Another jewel in your crown Another notch in your belt You're the captain at the helm The statuette on your shelf Says you're better than me Oh Better than me Oh With all

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free to a Good Home?

When I'm on will you leave me on? When I'm on will you leave me on? And when I'm down will you let me get under? Take cover, can't hide without a house Newspapers blow over Can't walk past the drivew

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free to a Good Home?

Is it true? You used to be my friend. What did I do? Why didn't I get into your cool crew? You got a modern loft and a new tattoo of your own name. Got a single room overlooking the highway under micr

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free to a Good Home?

Whatever it is spit it into a bottle and sell it to me I? m looking to buy freedom from my sobriety Just like Huey Lewis I need a new drug, I need a new drink I need a new drug that does what it shou

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free to a Good Home?

I? ve been told I? m livin? a lie I? ve been told all my life I? ve been told I? m livin? a lie I? ve been told all my life I haven? t got more than one dress Mostly I wear it out walking to work Who

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Knives Don't Have Your Back

Sketching your faces I still don't know your why you're permanent, permanent You want all of the moments stolen Blind alleys and hallways to basements How're you gonna hide till you disappear 'Cause n

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Knives Don't Have Your Back

Young, thought as I was Thought as I was Thought as I was Done, thought as I was Thought as I was Thought as I was Get, Get the line down. Get the line down. Get the line down. Don't elaborate like

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Knives Don't Have Your Back

Cursed with a love that you can't express It's not for a fuck, or a kiss Rather give the world away than wake up lonely Everywhere and every way I see you with me Crowd surf off a cliff Land out on t

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free To a Good Home?

Young, thought as I was Thought as I was Thought as I was Done, thought as I was Thought as I was Thought as I was Get, Get the line down. Get the line down. Get the line down. Don't elaborate like

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album What Is Free To a Good Home?

Fresh, fresh when sleeping meant Every other night Falling asleep for the fifth time Early in the morning Falling asleep for the fifth time Early in the morning Awake in terror Words staring back at

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Knives Don't Have Your Back

To never open a book Always reading a magazine Out-spent, betting if it looks like women you haven't been Knives don't have your back I wait and I count The knives don't have your back I wait and I co

by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton on album Knives Don't Have Your Back

Hover through the foggy vapours, Until I see you in a dream, Singing animals to sleep... By the way, it's over without you. I'm in the way, I'm in the way, I'm in the way, I'm in the way. Lights out