Neighborhood - Bad Books, Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine

There is a place where the neighbors go to talk at night

They try and talk all that evil off their minds

The common thread is a fashionable antagonist

A steady threat with an unusual mind

They drink from 3 different cups so they can sleep at night

It’s all a part of some illustrious plan

They’re gonna break into his house while he’s sleeping

They’re gonna steal each single memory he’s had

It’s not about what this antagonist did to them

It’s more about the man they can’t let him be

They’re gonna tie him to the back of my neighbor’s car

They’re gonna drag him naked out in the street

They’re gonna tell him that he chose to be different

And that’s a lofty irredeemable fee

They’re gonna pull out all his teeth so he can’t smile

They’re gonna cut him up as neighborhood meat

That man has never once harmed me in any way

That man has always been thoughtful to me

But I just can’t disagree with the neighborhood

I’m afraid they’ll start talking 'bout me

When the morning came 'round there was sunshine

And we all smiled like there was nothing to see

Cause you can’t throw away all the fruit you’ve got

Over one man’s untraditional seed

I don’t belong here

I don’t belong here