[00:57.11]Quickfire, I tried to be your solitude
[01:06.18]And to border and protect and to greet you
[01:15.21]Quickfire, I tried to be fun
[01:19.08]But by the time that I was drunk you were gone
[01:33.47]And quickfire, I tried to not be sad
[01:37.36]But the fabric wore away upon my knee
[01:47.02]And quickfire, I tried to be romantic
[01:55.95]But the silver is still waiting on the mantle
[02:01.28]Where your mother left it sitting last fall
[02:10.72]Aa-da-da
[02:29.01]And quickfire, I tried to take your gifts
[02:38.17]But I cannot change the way I hate most objects
[02:44.15]And quickfire, I thought about the prize
[02:56.94]But they told me that I’d have to compromise
[03:02.57]And quickfire, I tried to be good
[03:15.60]But my fathers live inside me like old servants
[03:24.42]And quickfire, I tried to not go crazy
[03:29.07]But the winter got inside me anyway
[03:35.39]And it knows how long to stay
[03:43.44]Aa-da-da
[04:21.40]Quickfire, are we bound to be alone?
[04:25.47]Or be together like a stone is with a stone?
[04:30.14]Quickfire, we are bound to be alone
[04:33.65]Or be together like a stone is with a stone
[04:39.61]extra lyrics added in live version
[04:44.05]And Quickfire I have tried to be a genius
[04:45.32]But my mind is in a million ****ing pieces
[04:49.80]And I have tried to grow old
[04:56.04]And I have tried to be an athlete
[05:05.25]But inside I am still nineteen thinking why not seventeen
[05:07.91]And quickfire, I have tried to settle down
[05:38.86]But I am lifted by the sirens in my blood
[05:40.10]And they are not done their song
[05:41.13]Aa-da-da
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