Scattered Black and Whites - elbowrooms Songtext
von Elbow

Been climbing trees, I′ve skinned my knees
My hands are black, the sun is going down

She scruffs my hair in the kitchen steam
She's listening to the dream I weaved today

Crosswords through the bathroom door
While someone sings the theme tune to the news

And my sister buzzes through the room
Leaving perfume in the air
And that′s what triggered this
I come back here from time to time
I shelter here somedays


A high-back chair, he sits and stares
A 1000 yards and whistles marching-band

Kneeling by and speaking up
He reaches out, and I take a massive hand

Disjointed tales that flit between
Short trousers and a full dress uniform

And he talks of people ten years gone
Like I've known them all my life
Like scattered black and whites
I come back here from time to time
I shelter here somedays

I come back here from time to time
Shelter here somedays