Stephen Malkmus
It Kills
[Verse 1]
What you gonna do?
I don't know, my friend
But I'm open to suggestion if you'll proffer two cents
Give me something I can hang a coat on, yeah!

Nine times out of ten
I'm not the guidance type
I've been sitting on a fence post for the brunt of my life
And now I need some help to find out what I feel

[Chorus]
It kills the time
Until you fill your heart, you'll see
There's more to you than what you think and need

[Verse 2]
Where you gonna go?
I don't know, my friend
But I'll take this road forever or until it does end
Here or there or someplace else, man, anywhere!

Maybe to the west
Where they don't fall down
In a canyon of a valley in a twenty-horse town
A voluntary rest home where they lecture you

[Chorus]
It kills the time
Until you fill your heart, you'll see
There's more to you than what you think and need

[Bridge]
We can share our bland opinions
About the quality of air
And all will be right
All will be right on top

There's a place in Old Dominion
Near that courthouse by the square
Where all will be right
All will be right on top of the day

[Outro]
Don't cater to the throng in your head
Lead with your heart open instead
Transi-i-tion is where we make it happen
Transi-i-tion is where we make it happen
And how it starts
It's not an art
You come apart
You be reborn into a form
Of what you are and what you were
To what you're gonna be