Nervous Breakdown

from I Was Once A Bird by Whale Belly

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Escalators moving, but the people are not walking
I can't seem to break free their bodies are blocking
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home

The sky's made of fluorescent
Holding window dressings
People say this place is a church holding holy blessings
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home

Cassy's saying baby won't you calm down, "Baby, calm down."
I'm holding you tight but your body, it keeps moving
Just a few more items, and then I promise we can be going
There's something in you baby that makes you so damn annoying

My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down

Calm down baby won't you calm down if only just for me
I said a few more items and then I promise we can leave

My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't calm down
My love I can't
calm down

Baby! just calm down, you're neurotic and afraid of consumerism
What is it about spending money that makes you so mad?
Is it the fact that this place is designed just like a maze just to get you lost?
So you can see everything they sell at a premium cost
Or that people come dressed up
all in an attempt to bring someone back to the bed they just got

I'm running, yeah I'm running, yeah I'm running, running, running
It's a breakdown at Ikea
I'm going home

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from I Was Once A Bird, released November 5, 2013

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Whale Belly Brooklyn, New York

Whale Belly - formed in Brooklyn in 2010.
Has been featured in USA Today, The AV Club, CBS News, Daytrotter, BK Vegan and more. They have two albums out!

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