The National - Ice Machines Lyrics

Cartoons from a television

Whistles from the street

Black out curtains, summer sirens

Electricity



I don't need ice machines

I don't need speaker systems

I don't need white lights blinking

I don't need you to witness

I don't need your forgiveness

I don't need anything



Finally start to make connections

When everything goes dark

It's pulling me in all directions

It's tearing you apart



I don't need ice machines

I don't need speaker systems

I don't need white lights blinking

I don't need you to witness

I don't need your forgiveness

I don't need anything, but I do



What am I doing? Watching clouds

This space is too empty, this room's too hot

What am I doing? Wandering halls

Ringing doorbells, pounding walls



I don't know what to say to people

It only makes things worse

It's time to take my silent treatment

This won't be the first



I don't need ice machines

I don't need speaker systems

I don't need white lights blinking

I don't need you to witness

I don't need your forgiveness

I don't need anything, but I do



What am I doing? Watching clouds

This space is too empty, this room's too hot

What am I doing? Wandering halls

Ringing doorbells, pounding walls



A rock that fell from orbit

I roll across the carpet under

Frozen flowers on the walls

Leaning on my shoulder



What am I doing? Watching clouds

This space is too empty, this room's too hot

What am I doing? Wandering halls

Ringing doorbells, pounding walls



What am I doing? Watching clouds

This space is too empty, this room's too hot

What am I doing? Wandering halls

Ringing doorbells, pounding walls