Simple Song - The Shins

Lyrics by：James Mercer

Composed by：James Mercer

Produced by：Greg Kurstin

Well this is just a simple song

To say what you done

I told you 'bout all those fears

And away they did run

Your shore must be strong

And you feel like an ocean

Made warm by the sun

When I was just nine years old

I swear that I dreamt

Your face on a football field

And a kiss that I kept

Under my vest

Apart from everything

But the heart in my chest

I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough and play like a stone

Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical

As this little home

My life in an upturned boat

Marooned on a cliff

You brought me a great big flood

And you gave me a lift

Girl what a gift

And you tell me with your tongue

And your breath goes in my lungs

And we float over the rift

I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough and play like a stone

Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical

As this little home

Well this would be a simple song

To say what you done

I told you about all those fears

And away they did run

Your shore must be strong

And you feel like an ocean

Made warm by the sun

Remember walking a mile to your house

Aglow in the dark

I made a fumbling play for your heart

And the axe struck a spark

You wore a charm on the chain that I stole

Especial for you

Love's such a delicate thing that we do

With nothing to prove

Which I never knew