Calexico

Grip-tape

Calexico


Wait to rise long after dark 
Been asleep at least three solid days 
Wandering round this house just like a ghost 
Searching for something in this life 
That would fill the holes and satisfy 
Your need to please everybody else 
While your nerves shatter and fall apart 
Wear out the grip-tape wrapped round your heart 

Now you're dressed and ready for the kill 
Check if your friends are asleep in bed 
Same ones who left you to yourself 
Make some noise and take a walk outside 
All those years you kept the pain inside 
Strangled any chance to love your own 
And veer from your collision course 
But you'd rather go out in a ball of flame 
Grip-tape your name