Going back to an old well for this one. File it under “cheery melody, heartbreaking lyrics.” In that capacity, this is neck and neck with anything the Eels ever wrote for contrast.
I’m like an architect who cashed his checked
But he won’t let on that it’s the last one he’ll get.
Though he knows the funds have run dry,
He wants to have fun for one final night
Staring out at a skyline that he’ll never change.They’re saying:
“Though we like all the things that you’ve made,
Notice no one remembers your name
As you float through time,
And feel your powers decline day by day.”
