Subtraction

from Calculations (demos) by United Shapes

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That girl is a liar and she knows too much
About the thing and another thing is this what
I thought it was I guess it’s not
Black lights like cobra strikes all night long
That burn like fighting words in a song
I’d never write it would be wrong
Like throwing up when you turn me on
Just kick me out and put your clothes back on

Hey wait hey hey

Subtraction! My captain!
Are the bones in the mouth are the xylophone sounds
That they make
When they shake
Are the bleed in the nose are the tooth in the ache

Wear hot pants do a dance just for me
Or if not gimme tea and sympathy
Another Christmas on TV
You gave me your black mirror for our art class
But then got married and wanted it back
Are you for real I have to ask
Or just a ghost from my art class past?
I thought we would but we didn't last

Headaches like rattlesnakes in a sack
That girl’s a liar when she says she has
A kiss for me for the plane ride back
These pants don’t fit because I’m not the same
As I was when she drove me to the plane
I’ll never wear these pants again
You said I looked like a dead salesman
Comic relief with shaky hands

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from Calculations (demos), released November 1, 2010

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United Shapes Austin, Texas

United Shapes are an alternative pop/rock duo formed in 2004 in Austin, TX by Joseph Devens and Drew Cave. New studio album Confuseograph now available on Flim Flam Records.

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