best of the century - precision auto lyrics
[verse1]
ricky’s had that dream again
he’s getting dragged out in the street
all his contemporaries, they’re with him
staring down their mortality
yeah, they wanna see his documents
they got word, he’s harbouring
criterion box sets, surplus laureates
the best of the century
[verse 2]
well, he’s sick of the permission slips
and all these nouns he’s not allowed
he’s seen the all best minds get dressed
’cause it’s getting kinda bitter out
but he could take thеse beta ‘flakes
thеy don’t have the sand
man, they’re barely graduated outta eating clag
well, the best of the century bled
now their cred is in his hands
[refrain 1]
and then he’s fleeing through villa borghese
where they pour one out for free expression
and all the people cheer him, green*lit to spin
thriller and ignition at their weddings
in this light, you could mistake him
for carlin, the way there’s no cow too sacred well
can’t say he never left you anything
[instrumental break]
[verse 3]
he can hear them closing in on him
he pulls the l*pill from his t**th
they mean to stifle him, sever him
like he’s some limb that’s atrophied
all these known unknowns have got momentum up
like a steel ball through the window of a tesla truck
what’s up with these zealots?
don’t they know how to have a laugh?
[refrain 2]
then he sees a marketplace of ideas
glowing in the p*ss christ amber of the morning
where the parrot isn’t dead it’s fine*tuning
a tight five that don’t care about your feelings
where there’s maps to meaning chiselled in the ceiling
and they play manhattan on loop
and he’s the ’53 margaux
of never really knowing how to read a room
[post*refrain]
and aloft on their shoulders, acquitted
small praise for just saying what everyone’s thinking well
you can’t say we never left you anything
[bridge]
sheets tangled forehead glistening
lean in and you can hear him whispering
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything (best of the century)
we can’t say we never left you anything
[instrumental outro]
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