Berlin Got Blurry - Parquet Courts

Döner wrapper done right, an extinguished

Crotch of a rollie inside yellow fingers

Nothing lasts but nearly everything lingers in life

Cellphone service is not that expensive

But that takes commitment and you just don’t have it

It feels so effortless to be a stranger

But feeling foreign is such a lonely habit

You can’t crop yourself out of a picture

You’re out of focus but still framed inside

Well Berlin got blurry

And my heart started hurting for you

Loud mouth living got you some attention

And second chances given without doubt

'Guess you’ve got a history but it’s not worth a mention tonight

Kind ears captive to the beers you’ve purchased

Sipping through scenes of plastered confession

Telling pretty stories, is it your sole purpose?

Telling everybody that you learned your lesson

But no one’s falling for that nice guy bullshit

They waited years, you can wait one night

Well Berlin got blurry

When my eyes started telling it to

Funny how it charms you, that Teutonic frankness

Listen and it arms you with a new type of patience

Maybe it alarms you because it tastes so familiar and wild

French fries, hot dog, ketchup, main ingredients

Swears in flawless English it’s the best in town

Funny how a sameness can not be distinguished

Strangeness is relieving when you point it out

But email poems slogans an example

Of three things I can’t unify

Well Berlin got blurry

As my thoughts all hurried to you