Our Most Brilliant Friends

Something's coming up slowly
I didn't read it in your star sign or mine
God knows we're not holy
In decisions we make and how we spend our time
But I got faster and faster
And you got harder to please and you got harder to find
And our prayers were answered
But we wrote these songs and we lost our minds

And all our most brilliant friends are doubting themselves
And we're scared about the world
The atmosphere, our bodies and our health

So just dance with me
Move your body round this time machine
Start it again
I want you to celebrate
The fact our bodies can recreate
New versions of ourselves
Who won't need help

Something's making me nervous
Running through my body, can't remember why
We thought we had all the answers
We've got the stomach to learn but haven't got the time
Your body looks good tonight
I wonder if you'd care if I reached into your shirt
The way we were when we first met
Before your mouth got filled with air and mine with dirt

And all our most brilliant friends are doubting themselves
And we're scared about the world
The atmosphere, our bodies and our health

So just dance with me
Move your body round this time machine
Start it again
I want you to celebrate
The fact our bodies can recreate
New versions of ourselves
Who won't need help

Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go

You know that it's gonna take time, don't you?
You know that you never were right
But the fact is you're good, yeah, we know that you're nice
But we don't get a world and we don't get a life

Where all our most brilliant friends are doubting themselves
And we're scared about the world
The atmosphere, our bodies and our health

So just dance with me
Move your body round this time machine
Start it again
Start it all again
I want you to celebrate
The fact our bodies can recreate
New versions of ourselves
Who won't need help

Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go
Hey, hey, look at him go

And call, and call, and call
Anyone on the phone
So tonight I'm not alone

Let's go back to the beginning
Of the nights that I've been regretting
Let's go back to the beginning
Of the nights that I've been regretting

And you say "baby" a lot in your songs
It takes all my courage not to sing along
And now my beating heart belongs to my drum

I met a boy who grew up in the mountains
He really loved God and got me thinking about things
Like appreciating everyone that I can call a friend
Seeing life as a group of tests to see through to the end

But I'm a quitter, I don't think he knew
That I'm still thinking about you
I'm a quitter and I'm ashamed
He said he'd come back for my brain

And you say "baby" a lot in your songs
It takes all my courage not to sing along
And now my beating heart belongs to my drum

I just wanted to see that new Tim Burton movie
Or hang around with Laura, Jane and Susie
And I definitely want to be a rapper
But I'm just a northern girl from where nothing really happens

And the bones inside my shins are crumbling
The bones inside my shins are crumbling
The bones inside my shins are crumbling
The bones inside my shins are crumbling
The bones inside my shins are crumbling
It's from all the crunking I've been doing