Tired, almost out of ideas
I might be starting to think this was an accident
Surface tension how do I fake my death
From the top of the edge lies none of the consequence
What an ineffectual way to think
Is it over our heads
Looking for a theory of everything
And I can't help notice you're always
Asking what do I get
No imagination in it
From the top of the chain
To the bottom again
When you thought you were done
You scratch the surface
What'd you think you would gain
If you go it alone
When again and again
You scratch the surface
Endlеss cycle of generatе
When it's all you've been fed
Consensual acts of vanity
What an intellectual argument
Cause we haven't been here quite long enough to have these Conversations
I can't help wondering if
This is the only way there is
To get through to you
All of this happened so fast
You and I are close
But not as far away
Where do we go from here
The question
It's not the one to answer
Where do we go from here
The question
It's not the one to answer
And it feels this might be the actual death
And it feels this might be the actual death
And it feels eventual
From the top of the chain
To the bottom again
When you thought you were done
You scratch the surface
What'd you think you would gain
If you go it alone
When again and again
You scratch the surface
The Surface was written by Meric Long.
The Surface was produced by Meric Long.
The Dodos released The Surface on Fri Mar 29 2019.
The first version of this song was one of the first recordings I did and I really wanted to do the song more justice this time around. I also wanted it to be simpler, less overdubs and just relying on guitar and drums to carry it through. If there’s anything I want known about this song is that the...