[Verse 1] Your picture hangs a little wrong One corner slipping from the nail You say the house was built that way I say the floorboards tell the tale [Pre-Chorus] Every answer leans aside Every straight line learns to bend You keep calling it a doorway I keep finding where it ends [Chorus] Crooked, crooked, every promise has a tilt You laid the bricks and blamed the fault on what we built Crooked, crooked, but I see the seam You can’t make a broken measure balance out the dream [Verse 2] The kitchen clock skips half a beat The tap keeps ticking after shut You leave your keys beside the bowl Then swear you never touched them once [Pre-Chorus] Every answer leans aside Every straight line learns to bend You keep calling it a doorway I keep finding where it ends [Chorus] Crooked, crooked, every promise has a tilt You laid the bricks and blamed the fault on what we built Crooked, crooked, but I see the seam You can’t make a broken measure balance out the dream [Bridge] I held the level to the wall The bubble wandered, then went still No house stands up by looking right No heart stays true by sheer will [Final Chorus] Crooked, crooked, every promise has a tilt You laid the bricks and blamed the fault on what we built Crooked, crooked, now I see the seam I’ll leave the slanted door behind and walk out clean [Outro] One corner lifting from the frame I don’t have to call it home
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