Dead Alive

On a walk in a fragile state Weird angles coming over the wire Back home we got girls in braids and they're on Roller skates and they roll any way they like From my town I can always look down Down from my nose to the fish in the barrels But in the wiles of human life There are pity nights and a ray of gentle eyes So tonight Dance and cry You're dead alive Monuments for awful events I float by in a daze on the freeway We can whine about different times But me, I'm fine with the mirrors far away For the mills in the valley to function Rain's gonna fall on the hills where we hide/hike? And wash the blood and the guts to the ocean Feed the pike, making everything alright So tonight Dance and cry You're dead alive You're dead alive You're dead alive --- Dead Alive - The Shins