"Fireworks" lyrics

"Fireworks"

Now it's day I've been trying
To get that taste off my tongue
I was dreaming of just you
Now our cereal, it is warm

Attractive day in the rubble
Of the night from before
Now I can't walk in a vacuum
I feel ugly, I feel my pores

It's the trees of this day
That I do battle with for the light
Then I start to feel tragic
People greet me, I'm polite:

"What's the day? What's you doing?
How's your mood? How's that song?"
Man, it passes right by me
It's behind me, now it's gone

And I can't lift you up, my mind is tired
It's family beaches I desire
A sacred night, we'll watch the fireworks
The frightened babies poo
They've got two flashing eyes and they're colored why
They make me feel
That I'm only all I see sometimes

I've been eating with a good friend
Who said, "A genie made me out of the earth's skin"
In spite of her she's my birth kin
She's spits me out in her surly blood rivers
All the people life lurking
In dominions of a hot Turk dish
If elephants are reaching for our purses
Then meet me after the world with the shivers
I've been eating with a good friend
Who said, "A genie made me out of the earth's skin"
In spite of her she's my birth kin
She's spits me out in her surly blood rivers
All the people life lurking
In dominions of a hot Turk dish
If elephants are reaching for our purses
Then meet me after the world with the shivers
I've been eating with a good friend
Who said, "A genie made me out of the earth's skin"
In spite of her she's my birth kin
She's spits me out in her surly blood rivers
All the people life lurking
In dominions of a hot Turk dish
If elephants are reaching for our purses
Then meet me after the world with the shivers

What's the day? What's you doing?
How's your food? How's that song?
Man, it passes right by me
It's behind me, now it's gone

And I can't lift you up 'cause my mind is tired
It's family beaches that I desire
A sacred night where we watch the fireworks
They frighten the babies and you know
They've got two flashing eyes and if they're color-blind
They make me feel
That you're only what I see sometimes

And I can't lift you up, 'cause my mind is tired
It's family beaches that I desire
A sacred night where we watch the fireworks
They frighten the babies and you know
They've got two flashing eyes and they're colored why
They make me feel
That I'm only all I see sometimes


Thanks to Kevin for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): David Michael Portner, Noah Benjamin Lennox, Brian Weitz, Joshua Caleb Dibb
'Fireworks' is the second single off of the album. The song was released on the 5th of November 2007.
Dave Portner (Avey Tare) said to Matthew Schnipper from Pitchfork.com about this song, "The melody and the structure of a song always comes first for me, so the emotions behind it can sometimes be a challenge: What am I feeling about this song? Where did the melody come from? I want it to be heartfelt. Sometimes I have the idea right away, like, 'Oh, this is what this song's about. This is how I'm feeling.' That was the case with 'Fireworks.'"
In the video for this song, premiered in July 2007, the band members watch fireworks.
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