[Verse 1: Helen Marnie]
I can't seem to take you anywhere
We ditched your friends at williamson square
Where the rank and file shoot us dirty looks
Hail a taxicab, don't want to walk

[Verse 2: Helen Marnie]
The nighttime here is a plastic box
Gently amplifying in the basement rock
The distant tones from the detainees
Friendly girls who pack it full of these

[Chorus: Helen Marnie with Mira Aroyo]
When you're not around
This is our sound

[Verse 1: Helen Marnie]
I can't seem to take you anywhere
We ditched your friends at williamson square
Where the rank and file shoot us dirty looks
Hail a taxicab, don't want to walk

[Verse 2: Helen Marnie]
The nighttime here is a plastic box
Gently amplifying in the basement rock
The distant tones from the detainees
Friendly girls who pack it full of these
[Chorus: Helen Marnie with Mira Aroyo]
When you're not around
This is our sound

[Interlude]

[Chorus: Helen Marnie with Mira Aroyo]
When you're not around
This is our sound

[Chorus: Helen Marnie with Mira Aroyo]
When you're not around
This is our sound
This is not a song
There is nothing wrong
When the light inside
Is not as bright