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lyrics

Shoegaze noise
Drowns the sound
Reading light haloes saints
Window shades down
Little bottles
Chase your sorrow
Drinking westwards
Into tomorrow

Can't catch me, you can't catch me
Can't catch me, you can't catch me
Can't catch me, you can't catch me
Can't catch me, you can't catch me
Outside countries, outside time

Reading Skymall
Reading Hemispheres
Watching stewardesses
Thin as atmosphere
Ginger ale
Tastes like flying
This descent
Feels like dying

Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Everything's so cold in the outer air)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Looking down on clouds like a blanket)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (And the land is so empty everywhere)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Chase the sun but you won't catch it)
Outside countries, outside time

Anthill houses
Growing taller
Like a dinosaur sponge
Or maybe I'm growing smaller
Closing up
Like a telescope
Shrinking down
Till I become a photo

Can't catch me, you can't catch me (I'm scared of takeoffs and of landings)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (I'm scared of continuing and scared of endings)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Metal capsule speeding like seven-league boots)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Let the wind pull up my coward roots)
Outside countries, outside time

Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Feeling footloose and duty-free)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (With the stars up above and the cities down below me)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (Shining out in the dark)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (And this plane's shining too like a traveling star)
Outside countries, outside time

Can't catch me, you can't catch me (There's always something that you're running from)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (There's always something to leave behind)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (If you don't have something you're running from)
Can't catch me, you can't catch me (You're probably just not trying, darling)
Outside countries, outside time

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from Names of Things and What They Do, released November 6, 2015

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