We met on the bus And it was canada day We crossed into detroit, and the heat was insane But the station was calm And she walked out of view Threw a brick with a note through the ticket counter window It said: i'd rather live in my basement I'd rather cultivate palm trees I'd rather move to new england I'd rather shatter and freeze Then i ran out the door She ran out of it too The cops gave chase, but they got confused So we escaped to her apartment On the 30th floor She had a great view But that only counts for the non-blind That's why: i'd rather live in my basement I'd rather cultivate palm trees
I'd rather move to new england I'd rather shatter and freeze I said, seriously You're sleeping alone You know that's a waste of your recharge time But she responded to me Like she governed her home Nobody sleeps here, i never sleep here I hear they're draining the lake now I hear they're shutting the fountains off They plan to alter the shoreline They plan to make it all clean So let's set fire to both sides Let's leave a message they'll hear - let's scream Let's send a signal through coax Let's have them bend the terrain, destroy the lake and make a stream