Half of all our lives are spent   Encouraged by embarrassment   We hold our heads and stay asleep   And cannot hear in case nobody called      Follow the prim ones and sit on your hands   Watch your step, don?t hardly move, speak in hushed tones   Till they bring on the ending, they bring on the ending   As we file to get outside with all the same coats on      Here it is December?s end   All our evaluations are in the lowland?s   Goal is less than low, it?s good   So easy to have met them      August light the weightless fall   The hold of trucks could carry us all   The hot exhaust, the thoughtless sleep   We?d run and fall into the river      We?d meet up at night, pretty late by the falls   Talk too fast without regret with headlights and stars   It was brighter than the daylight, bodies all back light   Unconscious though we?re moving, stereo was screaming      We?ll settle for stares, now un-glide with our hands   The basement is where we will live and stick to the crowds   Without ever speaking, we want it that easy   And don?t get caught dancing, even if you?re drinking   Don?t get caught dancing