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By the Time You Get This Message... Lyrics by Flobots

Survival Story

2010

[Verse 1: Jonny 5]
By the time you get this message I will be behind the wheel
Watching diamond yellow hexagrams stretch into the dark
Left hand surfing on ice-tinged winds
Chewing up a cardboard box
Singing at lung top, one stop left
'Til I meet you in the concourse
St. Louis encore, do we have a shot?
Caught, no dwelling on the thought
Of what the hell we haven't got
So I'm headed from the dot
To the spot where your plane touches down
For a six-hour layover, don't say a word
I found it on a map, calculated it
Just a half a day to get
From where you're not to where you will be
My hair is filthy, I'm breathing coffee
I can barely feel the trace
From the only time you kissed me on the face
Question mark, Space
I know you're with me underneath the star scape
Treadmill, pick up our, pace
Head start on a jet, in a car chase
Is this the part where my heart breaks?
Wanna sleep, wanna wait, back-to-back
Cause you wouldn't turn towards me
Had me battling fractals, keeping track of all the chords
We created sound, clash of swords, back and forth
Couldn't poke through the sash; slash through the plasterboard
You packing your passport, me on a crash course
To show you that I have the passion that you asked for
Flooring the gas, trying to fast forward fifteen months
I'll see you once the sun shines through the glass above the dashboard
[Hook]
The stars I see aren't even there
It's only light in the air
(By the time you get this message)
The stars I see aren't even there
(By the time you get this message)
It's only light in the air
[Verse 2: Jonny 5]
By the time you get this message I'll be
Either on my second flight or already all the
Way to my destination
Ridiculous that I could honestly expect you waiting
At the gate when I arrive; a sixteen hour drive
I've been feeling so silly going on now several months
As our obsession runs together
And whoever comes to have you I'll be jealous of
And when above all else you put her I'll know what it was
To feel so needed
Sort of wish that I was more of a romantic
And could give you back the utmost
But I've never seen it up close
From everything that I can tell
There are several possibilities
Maybe we're in love
Maybe it's too early to really see
Maybe we're just searching for something to hold on to
In this confusion and fragility
Maybe we've lost all sensibility
Will it become our 'Splendor in the Grass'?
When the facts have asserted themselves
And the memories pass into poetry and words that we tell
What only then can we be sure that we felt
Guess I prefer to be unhappy
Or weren't you looking at me when my back became a wall?
Searched for your reflection, saw exactly what you saw
Two kinds of different skin, Two minds exist within
Trying to just transcend all space and time and lift their chin
And find some sense of purpose, some sense of hope
Press my cheek against the window surface
We've been afloat
But now I'm nervous, has this been a joke?
We're landing and it's time
To close the envelope
Maybe I'll see you at the finish line
[Hook]
The stars I see aren't even there
It's only light in the air
(By the time you get this message)
The stars I see aren't even there
It's only light in the air
(By the time you get this message)
(By the time you get this message)
The stars I see aren't even there
It's only light in the air
By the time you get this message
By the time you get this message
By the time you get this message
By the time you get this message
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Flobots

Flobots

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