Paperbacks - Letters Vs. Numbers lyrics

Hey, wasn't anyone listening To the words in that last song? They limped out of his mouth Like wounded beasts shambling To their ancestral d**h grounds? Or hold. Perhaps I've gone too far True, his delivery's akin to a sopping wet kazoo But I'm here with you So this night's been upgraded to A standard-issue guilty pleasure The rhythm of the hospital (Run around, run around until these errands are done) Departs so slowly from us now (Come around, come around to this one) Heads pump to serviceable beats The music threatening to speak to me It's letters vs. numbers When you turn to me and laugh so loud You drop your battered crutches to the ground It's letters vs. numbers And I fear I'm on every side You, in the years I've been around You've skirmished with d**h And defeated it somewhat Though it does creep back through tiny cracks That have been left unattended So, though it's vanquished once again Sometimes the most harmless things Adopt a sinister resonance But let this doubt be balanced out With recognition of its absence The rhythm of the hospital (Run around, run around until these errands are done) Departs so slowly from us now (Come around, come around to this one) Cards lining on the windowsills Obscure the phalanx of impending bills It's letters vs. numbers When the meniscus of our cheapest wine Drops below a certain line It's letters vs. numbers And I feel I'm on every side I watched cartoons on hospital TVs With academic solemnity It's letters vs. numbers Now you're asleep between familiar walls I feel the sweet math of your pulse It's letters vs. numbers I'm on every side It's letters vs. numbers