But Does It Work?

(albüm: Swell - 2015)

Supermarket line
Nothing works
Getting off a plane
Nothing works
Roommate's plates
Nothing works
Man alone or church and state
Nothing works

Variations on a theme
Nothing works
Man and woman
Nothing works
Tried man and man
Still, didn't work
Woman and woman, I presume
Nothing works

Variations on a theme
Nothing works
Catch it on any screen
Nothing works
Shelling a grade school
Nothing works
Reasoned and faithful
Nothing works

Run to the basement
Play some games
Run to the basement
Maybe get high

Reading the comments
Nothing works
Collecting all the votes
Nothing works
Take advice from a pro
Nothing works
Egg or child or fully grown
Nothing works

Variations on a theme
Nothing works
Man and woman
Nothing works
I tried man and man
Still, didn't work
Woman and woman, I presume

Variation on a theme
Nothing works
Catch it on any screen
Nothing works
Shelling a grade school
Nothing works
Reasoned and faithful
Nothing works

Variation on a theme
Variation on a theme
Variation on a theme
Variation on a theme

Aid cut off, children starve
Mortar round drops in the yard
Mailbox full of pink envelopes
Kept on hold with the bank