Sunglasses

Lyrics for Sunglasses

Welcome to the best new six-part Danish crime drama [02:51.88] [02:54.22] She steams herself in marble rooms, courtesy of Pig [03:03.03] [03:05.57] I lose myself in the light of the TV, courtesy of her father [03:16.61] She buys everything that glows gold in the kitchen larder [03:25.75] [03:39.33] Mother is juicing watermelons on the breakfast island [03:42.52] And with frail hands she grips the NutriBullet [03:45.43] And the bite of its blades reminds me [03:47.41] Of a future that I am in no way part of [03:49.54] And in a wall of photographs [03:51.78] In the downstairs second living room's TV area [03:54.80] I become her father [03:56.48] And complain of mediocre theatre in the daytime [03:59.38] And ice in single malt whiskey at night [04:02.15] Of rising skirt hems and lowering IQs [04:05.04] And things just aren't built like they used to be [04:08.39] The absolute pinnacle of British engineering [04:14.53] [04:17.44] And I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [04:26.52] [04:28.91] I'm so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [04:37.54] [04:40.49] Yes, I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [04:56.15] I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [05:10.63] I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [05:22.32] [05:55.32] I am invincible in these sunglasses [05:59.34] I am the Fonz, I am the Jack of Hearts [06:03.28] I'm looking at you and you cannot tell [06:05.34] I am more than the sum of my parts [06:10.68] I am looking at you with my best eyes and I wish you could tell [06:14.14] I wish all my kids would stop dressing up like Richard Hell [06:19.14] I am locked away in a high-tech [06:21.09] Wraparound, translucent, blue-tinted fortress [06:23.89] And you cannot touch me [06:26.95] I am invincible in these sunglasses [06:31.44] Cars are going: "Beep, beep, beep" [06:34.81] And there are so many roadmen on this street [06:38.93] And they cannot tell that I am scared [06:42.56] I am invincible in these sunglasses [06:46.55] I am 'modern-Scott Walker' [06:50.45] I'm a surprisingly smooth talker [06:52.90] And I'm invincible in these sunglasses [06:57.03] [07:06.26] And I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [07:14.20] I am so ignorant now with all that I've learnt [07:22.38] [07:45.49] I'm more than adequate [07:49.36] Leave Kanye out of this [07:52.68] Leave your Sertraline in the cabinet [07:56.37] And burn what's left of all the cards you kept [08:00.82] I'm more than adequate [08:04.52] Leave my Daddy's job out of this [08:07.97] Leave your Sertraline in the cabinet [08:11.66] And burn what's left of all the cards you kept [08:16.34] I'm more than adequate [08:20.16] Leave Kanye out of this [08:23.51] Leave your Sertraline in the cabinet [08:27.16] And burn what's left of all the cards you kept [08:31.78] I'm more than adequate [08:35.67] Leave my Daddy's job out of this [08:38.96] Leave your Sertraline in the cabinet [08:42.53] And burn what's left of all the cards you kept [08:48.10] [09:02.15] She sells chemtrails to the students at Bedales [09:09.60] I try to free myself from the grip of Shellac nails [09:17.58] She sells chemtrails to the students at Bedales [09:24.94] I try to free myself from the grip of Shellac nails [09:30.94]