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The picture stutters out of sync with the sound
Colors on the wall start to mingle around
A yellow birthday cake, five candles of blue
Lead marks on the wall show how much I grew

What was it you told me? Five is such a big age to be
Will I still want a birthday party when I turn thirty-three

The are parts of a whole
These are windows captured on rolls
Of celluloid
It's not so easy, boy
To be full of holes

Burn out to white, load another reel
Searching for more casualties to reveal
Matted shocks of hair on a dog that won’t play
The beast friend of a boy falls apart in three days

What was it you taught me about responsibility?
Can I throw the ball far enough that he won’t come back to me?

A sudden flare of the lens, I’ve lost clarity
Incandescence lends obscurity
This could be anybody’s life on display
Mixing Technicolor from a palette of grey

Even Ludovico could see that I can’t take any more
Can I use the sticks in my eyes to prop me up off the floor?

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from Rock and​/​or Roll, released April 1, 2005
Gavin Elder: everything but the drums
Ken Coomer: drums
Charlie Brocco: engineer

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