Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the audio recording of Beauty, Jeff Mangum introduces this song by saying, “This one’s called ‘Sailing Through’, and it’s not really about sex, though it sounds like its about sex. It just about getting inside of people, but not through that way really”
[Verse 1]
Sailing through
Your disease and you
Your disease and you
Your body like a basket
Shivering in static
For a display of angry tears
All those years you were alive inside the closet
Nobody in it there but me
But now you are coming
Your life is off running
You're tearing yourself apart at the seams
[Chorus]
But you are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
You are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
[Verse 2]
Now I'm off sailing
Sickness inhaling
Every drop of blood you could bleed
The world is all coming
They're coming in millions
Billions of people too sick to believe
And I really wanted to be in your body
To be in your body
To be inside you
I really wanted to be in your body
Awaiting your sickness
A shield around you
[Chorus]
But you are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
You are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
[Verse 3]
Wrapped up in masters
They cover you in plasters
They spit in your mouth and then say "I love you"
Is this supposed to save us?
Is this supposed to break us?
All we believe into the toilet in our youth
And I really wanted
I wanted to be in your body
If I could only be in your body
If I could only be up inside of you
I really wanted to be in your body
Into the toilet with our faces removed
[Chorus]
And you are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
You are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
[Coda]
You are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
You are a liar
You are a liar
You are a liar and you are a lie
Sailing Through was written by Jeff Mangum.
Sailing Through was produced by Jeff Mangum.