The World Moves On

Song The World Moves On
Artist Jens Lekman
Album I Know What Love Isn't

Lyrics

[00:13.960] The thermometer ran out of numbers
[00:17.020] When it reached fifty degrees
[00:19.480] I just lay down on the floor
[00:21.350] With a bag of frozen peas
[00:23.500] We saw plumes of smoke
[00:25.200] Rising in the distance from our balcony
[00:28.160] I poured a glass of wine
[00:31.250] Sucked the juice out of a kiwi
[00:34.170] Catherine turned on the TV
[00:36.230] They showed acres after acres
[00:38.090] Of absolutely nothing
[00:40.170] And then Stevie called and said
[00:42.070] Are you watching what I'm watching?
[00:44.100] I said I'm watching what you're watching
[00:46.020] Oh what is it I'm watching
[00:48.210] The night before I had been bored
[00:50.620] My legs had been restless
[00:52.650] It was my birthday
[00:54.350] I'd already opened up my presents
[00:56.440] At the social club I met some friends
[00:58.750] Who were friends with this girl
[01:00.380] One by one they dropped of
[01:02.380] Till it was just me and her
[01:04.560] We made out in every bar in town
[01:07.150] While the state of Victoria
[01:10.450] Burned down to the ground
[01:21.300] And the sun rose over the city
[01:27.060] The wind swept through the valley
[01:37.870] You don't get over a broken heart
[01:43.540] You just learn to carry it gracefully
[01:53.880] Edinburgh gardens offered some kind of shade
[01:58.210] I would pick up some beers and head down to the lake
[02:02.080] Watch the possums and listen to the growling banter
[02:05.980] There was one I liked especially
[02:08.250] I named her Santa sentimental
[02:10.220] I would offer a slice of apple from my hand
[02:14.120] She would sniff it, frown, and then lumber back to the trash can
[02:25.490] I was going uphill on my mountain bike
[02:28.630] When I was passed by a scooter
[02:29.810] You got a dollar or a cigarette
[02:31.840] Hey I'm talking to you poofa
[02:33.780] What I should have said was nothing
[02:35.700] What I said was get lost
[02:38.620] Next thing I'm upside-down
[02:41.470] With my bike in the ground
[02:43.710] Hitting dirt all the way home
[02:46.570] Cursing the buried ground which I was chewing on
[02:55.430] And the sun rose over the city
[03:06.110] The wind swept through the valley
[03:15.860] You don't get over a broken heart
[03:21.600] You just learn to carry it gracefully
[03:32.630] And that's what it's like
[03:34.110] When you've had your heart broken
[03:36.250] The world just shrugs it's shoulders
[03:38.980] And keeps going
[03:40.330] It just moves on in all it's sadness and glory
[03:44.160] Oh but then you're with a friend
[03:45.980] I tell them my story
[03:48.720] I saw Bunny put the book back on the shelf
[03:52.400] She says maybe it's time you take a look at yourself
[04:03.310] No one's born an asshole
[04:06.880] It takes a lot of hard work
[04:08.480] And God knows I've worked my ass off
[04:10.960] To be a jerk
[04:12.740] So many hands I've held
[04:14.840] While wondering why I felt nothing
[04:17.120] Why when I let go of that hand
[04:19.020] I always start to feel something
[04:21.280] Like a bottle smashed against my head
[04:24.750] She said I wish you would have just cheated on me instead
[04:38.640] Loving without loving
[04:40.050] Is always the worst crime
[04:41.690] I know all the signs and signals
[04:43.730] Cause now I've been on both sides
[04:45.750] The way you choose your words
[04:47.690] The limpness of your hand
[04:49.840] I almost died when you introduced me as a friend
[04:54.020] How can you call me a friend
[04:58.100] If you don't love me
[04:59.430] Then please have the dignity to tell me
[05:06.130] I never said any of that
[05:10.130] I just shook that hand and looked down at the doormat
[05:16.090] And the sun rose over the city
[05:20.530] The wind swept through the valley
[05:31.100] You don't get over a broken heart
[05:36.880] You just learn to carry it gracefully