We live in boxes, in boxes on boxes,
It's a high price to pay, for a little privacy.
Still, I've got door handles and curtains,
Two rooms and three keys.
I've come with time to believe,
These things necessities.
Newborn neighbour cries,
I come home late,
I try to come home quiet,
And in the mornings,
We nod and smile,
In the corridors.
The days on the calendar,
In boxes aligned,
Like these voices as they bounce,
Around this high-rise.
We think we've got them figured out,
Based on our time,
Till we get our comeuppance,
And they take us by surprise
Downstairs neighbours fight,
When to call it in, or just let it go by,
And in the morning we nod and smile,
In the corridors.
Walking through the cemetery,
Marvel at the marble carved memories.
Downtown a new tower rising,
Through the gaping wound on the horizon,
Reminding us if we need reminding,
That all is fragile use your time well.
We are more than these mortgaged boxes,
More, than this sheet rock corridor,
Yeah, we are more,
Than these corridors.
We live in boxes,
In boxes we'll go.
from the forthcoming album out in 2015.
credits
from The Four Faced Liar/Corridors,
track released November 22, 2014
Recorded at Studio 76, Brooklyn.
Engineered by Brandon Wilde
Written by Niall Connolly
Produced by Brandon Wilde and Niall Connolly
Niall Connolly - guitar and vocals
Brandon Wilde- piano and backing vocals
Photo by Justin O' Mahony
Graphic Design by Don Paris Schlotman
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