Humiliation

The National

1. I survived the dinner and the air went thinner
   I retired to the briars by the pool, it gets so loud
   They would probably list it down, among other things 'round town

R: Got my rings around me, I got baby to pound me
   I see stars and go weak, my baby cries and lays me down
   In the skies over black Venice, I see eyes of a white menace
   The surprise of the week, is that I never heard the sound

2. All the L.A. women, fall asleep while swimmin'
   I got paid to fish 'em out and then one day I lost the job
   And I cried a little, I got fried a little
   Then she laid her eyes on mine, and she said, "Babe, you're better off"

R: I got my rings around me, I got baby to pound me
   I see stars and go weak, my baby cries and lays me down
   In the skies over black Venice, I see eyes of a white menace
   The surprise of the week, is that I never heard the sound

   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Lead a little life today

   As the free-fall advances, I'm the moron who dances, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
   I was teething on roses, I was in guns and noses, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
   Under the withering white skies of humiliation
   Under the withering white skies of humiliation

   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Lead a little life today
   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Lead a little life today

   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it
   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it
   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it