Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales (acoustic) (NPR Music Tiny Desk, USA, 08-02-2016) Songtext
von Car Seat Headrest

In the back seat of my heart
My love tells me I′m a mess
I couldn't get the car to start
Left my keys somewhere in the mess

It comes and goes in plateaus
One month later I′m a fuckin' pro
My parents would be proud
Or fall asleep on the floor
Forget what happened in the morning
There are notes in your handwriting
But you can't make it out


We are not a proud race
It′s not a race at all
We′re just trying, I'm only trying to get home
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
This is not a good thing
I don′t mean to rationalize
Or try and explain it away
It's not okay
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers

It′s too late to articulate it
That empty feeling

You share the same fate as the people you hate
You build yourself up against others' feelings
And it left you feeling empty as a car coasting downhill
I have become such a negative person
It was all just an act
It was all so easily stripped away

But if we learn how to live like this
Maybe we can learn how to start again
Like a child who′s never done wrong
Who hasn't taken that first step


We are not a proud race
It's not a race at all
We′re just trying, I′m only trying to get home
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
Put it out of your mind
And perish the thought
There's no comfort in responsibility
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers

It doesn′t have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn′t have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales

It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn′t have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales

Here's that voice in your head
Givin′ you shit again
But you know he loves you
And he doesn′t mean to cause you pain
Please listen to him
It's not too late
Turn off the engine
Get out of the car and start to walk

Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers

It doesn′t have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn′t have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn′t have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales