Rilo Kiley Spectacular Views Lyrics

In steep cliffs
With rocks all piled up
Mysteries of your passing luck
Ages past
Shells and bits of bone
Forming new limestone
To give things their turn

There are no bad words for the coast today
You never knew why you felt so good
In the strangest of places
Like in waiting rooms
Or long lines that made you late
And mall parking lots on holidays.

There are no bad words for the coast today
When we hold our breath until nothing's left
It all starts to fade.

We can see the stars
From where the birds make their homes
Staring back at us.
Indifferent
But distanced perfectly
Projected endlessly
It's so f___ing beautiful.

There are no bad words for the coast today
Then you ask what's a palisade
And if we're too late for happiness?

My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not being around
He left work early and took me to a skating rink
Where all of the kids in the world could have been
I was scared and tall with skates on
And my favorite jeans
There was a boy who wanted to skate with me
He held my hand
And we went around
More times I counted
By a mural of an Arctic scene
I was looking at my feet because
It was perfect and the air was clean
My dad was there
It was summer's last eve
And that's how I choose to remember it