A Time to Be So Small

By Interpol

On Antics

Released on September 27, 2004

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[Verse 1]

We saw you from the urchin's side, from under the boat

We saw you making knots, we saw you get the rope

The boy appearing on the deck, you're making it lurch

The bubble of your interest's ready to burst


[Pre-Chorus]

He whistles and he runs


[Instrumental Break]


[Verse 2]

We saw you in distraction, a sleeping, slow despair

Rehearsing interaction, he wasn't even there

A creature is a creature, though you wish you were the wind

The boat will not stop moving if you tie him up until the end


[Chorus]

He whistles and he runs, so hold him fast

Breathe the burn, you want to let it last

He might succumb to what you haven't seen

He has a keen eye for what you used to be

When the cadaverous mob saves their doors for the dead men

You cannot leave

When the cadaverous mob saves its doors for the dead men

You cannot leave


[Instrumental Break]


[Bridge]

When the cadaverous mob saves its doors for the dead men

You cannot leave


[Outro]

Lurching and lurching, now you're looking for your friends

Lurching and lurching, now you're looking for your friends

Lurching and lurching, now you're looking for your friends

Lurching and lurching, now you're looking for your friends