Arlandria Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ain't that the way it always starts?
A simple round of conversation
Became a shameful equation
I flipped you station to station
Hey
Don't go and turn the other way
Don't say there's nothin' more to say
Come on, hear me out

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Hush, hush, settle down, button up, don't make a sound
Shame, shame, go away, come again some other day


[Chorus]
You used to say I couldn't save you enough
So I've been savin' it up, I started savin' it up
And when you said I couldn't give you enough
I started givin' you up, I started givin' you up

You are not me, Arlandria, Arlandria
You and what army, Arlandria, Arlandria?
Oh, God, you gotta make it stop


[Verse 2]
Chase
All of those memories away
Save them all for another day
Don't you remember it was rain that drowned you
Wait
I wanna see if you can shake
I wanna keep all I can take
I feel much better now

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About

Genius Annotation

The fifth track on Wasting Light, also issued as a single in the UK.

After the break up of Dave’s parents, he lived with his mother in Northern Virginia and went to high school in Alexandria. Arlandria is a neighborhood located in the Northeastern portion of Alexandria.

Dave wanted to leave this town really bad, but he moved back to it after living in Seattle and L.A. He’s even mentioned Arlandria in a song of There’s Nothing Left to Lose.

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