Lyrics:br br You’ll Be Takenbr br The man is standing on the side of the road br With his dog and holding up his radarbr I asked him why he was here to get growled atbr He told me he was looking for the next starbr br I squinted at the horizon and watched the sun escapebr It was so embarrassed it started spinning sidewaysbr The disk flipped and struck me in the elbowbr The machine’s beeping and spreading its raysbr br The dog doesn’t look too disturbed and falls outbr Down the drain with its leash and collarbr Which gives the man two free handsbr A pretty good situation for a nightcrawlerbr br I wouldn’t see him again until he was carryingbr Two sacks while walking the unmowed part of the sidewalkbr The birds are mocking him and demolishing their homesbr The bottles clang together in the bag and rockbr br The carpet for him is never rolled outbr And instead he must tangle with the weedsbr Get in his shoelaces and twist him upbr Then you’ll know just what he needsbr br You’ll be burned if you’re really that concernedbr Everything around you has been godforsakenbr All these years out here and what’ve you learnedbr If you don’t defend yourself you’ll be takenbr br The fire hydrant trips up the case managerbr Who’s just trying to lighten their workloadbr After the boss crossed off every markbr Whenever productivity slowedbr br Something that happens every year around this timebr Since the raging river wipes out the guardbr That stands in the way of the foggy headlightsbr Belonging to the vehicle whose insides are charredbr br The couple was looking for a safe placebr Where they could get away from the prying eyesbr Placed above the window lock and the siren br Which howled at the industry’s wisebr br They worked on it with all the wrong tools br And left their equipment inside their bodiesbr So the vivisection wielded some strange ideasbr That we exported straight to the Saudisbr br The oil was burnt up and the whistle blewbr The dirty men filed past the remainsbr Which were still safely buckled in therebr The fluid still pumping through their veinsbr br You’ll be burned if you’re really that concernedbr Everything around you has been godforsakenbr All these years out here and what’ve you learnedbr If you don’t defend yourself you’ll be takenbr br But I did everything right and was goodbr To everyone both the rich and the poorbr Why am I being judged and condemnedbr By the camera operating bulletproof voyeurbr br My expectations were admittedly a little highbr But I did not expect to be treated like thisbr Can I have a little respect pleasebr If you’re not careful I’ll go straight to the Swissbr br I’ve heard they have all the nice things therebr I don’t want to commit too soonbr My letter of interest and intent stays in the drawerbr And I don’t plan on getting it out until Junebr br The deadlines spray into my living roombr Breaking all my fancily framed photographsbr That I’d hung to impress the census takerbr Because I heard she liked arts and craftsbr br The place was a mess when she got therebr I had to explain why I’d collected so many garbage cansbr She smiled and tried to get me to go to her carbr But I refused