Long Division - Death Cab for Cutie

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[Verse 1]
         
His head was a

      
 city of paper

 buildings
      
And the echoes

        
 that remained

 
 of old friend

s and lovers
             
Their features

           
 bleeding toge

         
ther in his br


ain


[Pre-Chorus]
           
And once it st

              
arted was hard

             
er to tell the

  
m apart


[Verse 2]
         
He was always 

             
distracted by 

              
the very menti

        
on of an open 


door


[Pre-Chorus]
             
'Cause he had 

            
sworn not to b

             
e what he'd be

             
en before


[Hook]
         
To be a remain

           
, remain, rema

       
in, remainder
         
To be a remain

           
, remain, rema

       
in, remainder


[Verse 3]
         
The television

             
 was snowing s

             
oftly as she h

/         
unted for her 


keys
         
She said she n

              
ever envisione

             
d him the type

              
 of person cap

        
able of such d

 
eceit

[Interlude]
            


[Verse 4]
         
And then they 

              
carried on lik

  
e long divisio

n
           
As it was clea

          
r with every p

/
age


[Pre-Chorus]
              
That they were

           
 further away 

             
from a solutio

             
n that would p

      
lay


[Hook]
          
Without a rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde

r
          
Without a rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde


r
          
Without a rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde

r
             
Without a rema

       
in, remain, re

      
main, remainde

r


[Pre-Chorus]
           
He had sworn n

             
ot to be what 

          
he'd been befo

re


[Outro]
          
To be the rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde

r
          
To be the rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde


r
          
To be the rema

          
in, remain, re

         
main, remainde

r
             
To be the rema

       
in, remain, re

      
main, remainde

r
             
To be the rema

       
in, remain, re

      
main, remainde

r
             
To be the rema

       
in, remain, re

      
main, remainde

r

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