Maniac (barn live session 2011) Songtext
von Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Maniac, don′t say it ain't nothin′
When I can see it in your eyes
Of course, ceremonial weakness
Leads to them hard drugs
But don't ask me if I understand
What is good for me tonight

Can't you see it′s harmless
A little light justice?
Some say, "So long. How could you?"
Some say, "Come, sit here by the fire."
I will just wave goodbye to ordinary
People′s awkward situations
Officer, you can take me
But leave my daughter alone


We could sit around forever, mama
And find there are no stars in the sky
We could page through
All our haunted diary thoughts
I miss the way you stare at me
As if I were a memory

Villain, statue of marble
And I don't want to touch your dark
Thoughts anymore, just let me leave them alone
Now and then safe and sound
And send the clowns
To document with words and photos
A brain on fire and slashed summer tires
We all need somewhere to go

There′s some way out of this silent film
I've been living in
But my mind got stuck and
I froze upon the burning coals
In another man′s ritual

We could sit around forever, mama
And find there are no stars in the sky
We could page through
All our haunted diary thoughts
I miss the way you stare at me
As if I were a memory