To Absent Votes
๐ต 886 characters
โฑ๏ธ 3:17 duration
๐ ID: 24319557
๐ Lyrics
They're packing up the polling booths
And pulling down the posters
As the sun sets on the primary school
And the street lights flicker on
Across the town your mother left behind
At a bittersweet 16
You're trying to convince me
That the government is gone
And you're not one for anecdotes
But remember our delight
As we drank to absent votes
At the chance that you were right
It was a disappointing sunset
Only 'cause my hopes were much too high
We took some beers down to the landlocked jetty
And looked across the lake
At the detritus of election night
In a town without a traffic light
Curling at the edges
Like a pre-loved paperback
And you're not one for anecdotes
But remember our delight
And we drank to absent votes
It was just a perfect night
Then a solitary sail
The softness of the light
The moon, a fingernail
The chance that you were right
The chance that you were right
And pulling down the posters
As the sun sets on the primary school
And the street lights flicker on
Across the town your mother left behind
At a bittersweet 16
You're trying to convince me
That the government is gone
And you're not one for anecdotes
But remember our delight
As we drank to absent votes
At the chance that you were right
It was a disappointing sunset
Only 'cause my hopes were much too high
We took some beers down to the landlocked jetty
And looked across the lake
At the detritus of election night
In a town without a traffic light
Curling at the edges
Like a pre-loved paperback
And you're not one for anecdotes
But remember our delight
And we drank to absent votes
It was just a perfect night
Then a solitary sail
The softness of the light
The moon, a fingernail
The chance that you were right
The chance that you were right
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:17.55] They're packing up the polling booths
[00:22.21] And pulling down the posters
[00:26.47] As the sun sets on the primary school
[00:31.02] And the street lights flicker on
[00:34.49] Across the town your mother left behind
[00:39.93] At a bittersweet 16
[00:44.32] You're trying to convince me
[00:48.37] That the government is gone
[00:56.79] And you're not one for anecdotes
[01:02.00] But remember our delight
[01:06.51] As we drank to absent votes
[01:10.92] At the chance that you were right
[01:15.46]
[01:30.92] It was a disappointing sunset
[01:35.20] Only 'cause my hopes were much too high
[01:39.69] We took some beers down to the landlocked jetty
[01:45.16] And looked across the lake
[01:48.56] At the detritus of election night
[01:54.24] In a town without a traffic light
[01:58.81] Curling at the edges
[02:02.47] Like a pre-loved paperback
[02:11.01] And you're not one for anecdotes
[02:16.52] But remember our delight
[02:20.84] And we drank to absent votes
[02:25.44] It was just a perfect night
[02:30.01] Then a solitary sail
[02:34.65] The softness of the light
[02:39.28] The moon, a fingernail
[02:43.73] The chance that you were right
[02:52.56] The chance that you were right
[02:57.56]
[00:22.21] And pulling down the posters
[00:26.47] As the sun sets on the primary school
[00:31.02] And the street lights flicker on
[00:34.49] Across the town your mother left behind
[00:39.93] At a bittersweet 16
[00:44.32] You're trying to convince me
[00:48.37] That the government is gone
[00:56.79] And you're not one for anecdotes
[01:02.00] But remember our delight
[01:06.51] As we drank to absent votes
[01:10.92] At the chance that you were right
[01:15.46]
[01:30.92] It was a disappointing sunset
[01:35.20] Only 'cause my hopes were much too high
[01:39.69] We took some beers down to the landlocked jetty
[01:45.16] And looked across the lake
[01:48.56] At the detritus of election night
[01:54.24] In a town without a traffic light
[01:58.81] Curling at the edges
[02:02.47] Like a pre-loved paperback
[02:11.01] And you're not one for anecdotes
[02:16.52] But remember our delight
[02:20.84] And we drank to absent votes
[02:25.44] It was just a perfect night
[02:30.01] Then a solitary sail
[02:34.65] The softness of the light
[02:39.28] The moon, a fingernail
[02:43.73] The chance that you were right
[02:52.56] The chance that you were right
[02:57.56]