Death Cab for Cutie — Long Division

[Verse 1] His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain [Pre-Chorus] And once it started was harder to tell them apart [Verse 2] He was always distracted by the very mention of an open door [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before [Hook] To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder [Verse 3] The television was snowing softly as she hunted for her keys She said she never envisioned him the type of person capable of such deceit [Verse 4] And then they carried on like long division As it was clear with every page [Pre-Chorus] That they were further away from a solution that would play [Hook] Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder [Pre-Chorus] He had sworn not to be what he'd been before [Hook / Outro] To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder