must have been down at the salvador deli the day

all of my friends were abducted and carried away

we hung out and smoked cigarettes

not knowing the worst of it yet

but I felt an ache as each one would be taken

away, faster than science

away, cast to the lions

you may or may never notice

when someone was taken

high school was difficult, never sure if I caught on

so I learned to look past the window when summer was gone

had a girl candy and red

while fire engines screamed in my head

some newspaper clippings and I felt her slipping

away, faster than science

away, plastered and violent

you may or may not believe it

but love has its leavings

I, I’ve always been quite aware of the sky

always held out not to marry an antidisestablishmentarian, yeah

yeah, yeah, yeah

yeah..

We hung out and smoked cigarettes

not knowing the worst of it yet

and away, faster than science

away, cast to the lions

you may or may never notice

but I have been taken

away, bastard defiant

away, I have been taken..

must have been slow at the salvador deli today.