Valerian Routine Lyrics

Do you recall that first apartment

Watching highways sleep as we sunk into the streetlamps

Swishing in the dark, dancing in the fog

Wishing that the sun would desert its post

And let us drown

Across the river

Of our slumber

We've crashed into each other

Hey, you've got a little plastic face

And metal on your tongue

And I've stitched some things together

To try to stay warm

So slow and deliberate

Melt our fingerprints

Into soft saline streaks

Down ceramic cheeks

Remember how that second-hand couch

Would swallow us whole on summer nights

We'd wind up in a galaxy of our own making

Waiting for stars to align and send a sign

As we spiraled

Across the river

Of our slumber

Our private supernova

Hey, you've got a lilting finger placed

On the metal on your tongue (Are we going to have that back again)

And I've stitched some things together

But the seams won't hold long (When did we get so accustomed to boredom)

So fragile, so delicate

Melt our fingerprints (Can we find our way back there again)

Into soft saline streaks

Down ceramic cheeks (Through the thick valerian routine)

Hey, you've got a little plastic face (Can we get back there again)

Hey, you've got a little plastic face (So accustomed to boredom)