Interpret:

Death Cab For Cutie

Album:

Narrow Stairs

His head was a city
 Of paper buildings 
 And the echoes that remained 
 Of old friends and lovers 
 Their features bleeding
 Together in his brain 


 And once it started was harder to 
 Tell them apart


 He was always distracted 
 By the very mention 
 Of an open door 
 'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before 


 To be a remain remain remain remainder [x2]


 The television was snowing softly 
 As she hunted for her keys 
 She said she never envisioned him the type of person capable of such deceit 


 And they carried on like long division 
 And it was clear with every page 
 That they were further away from a solution that would play 


 Without a remain remain remain remainder [x4]


 He had sworn not to be what he'd been before 


 To be the remain remain remain remainder [x6]