[Verse 1]

There must still be a little wherewithal left

One last batch

Cooling on a windowsill

Cooling on a windowsill

Just a little bit of larger context

To snatch from the mintbox

Little bit of lucidity still

Little bit of lucidity still

[Chorus]

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

[Verse 2]

There has to be some lucidity

Left at a dip where the curb hits a roadside

Pooling like a rainbow slick

Pooling like a rainbow slick

Maybe not enough to nurse for a lifetime

But you could still savor it

While it lasts

[Chorus]

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

[Bridge 1]

There’s a craven utility

In this country

A desperate convenience

And we want and we search

Behind the paywall

Beyond the hourly parking

For a soul

We thought we could fill up

The empty expanse within us

With accomplishment: a discount ‘love’

[Chorus]

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

It’s a gold star on an open wound

But press it on, I beg of you

[Bridge 2]

Beyond the hourly parking

We searched

We thought we could fill up

The empty expanse

We’re bound to the notion

We must continually prove our worth

To maintain a space on this earth

So we grew and grew and

More and more space, we took up

Big, hollow just like a gold rubber balloon

[Outro]

We’re bound to the notion

We must continually prove our worth

To maintain our space on Earth

So we grew and grew and

More and more space, we took up

Big, shiny and insubstantial like a

Gold star on an open wound

It’s a gold star on an open wound

It’s a gold star on an open wound

It’s a gold star on an open wound

I don’t know what’s beautiful anymore

I only know what’s loud, loud, loud, loud