NEWS SOURCES: President rejects Iranian peace proposal and frozen bank assets remain locked EU reaches political agreement on new sanctions following a shift in the Hungarian government Vietnam health authorities initiate Hantavirus surveillance at Hanoi airport [Intro - Slow, weeping acoustic blues guitar and vinyl crackle] [Verse 1] (A) The vault is sweating icicles upon a bruised receipt (A) The vault is sweating icicles upon a bruised receipt (B) While the diplomat is boiling a phantom in the street [Verse 2] (A) The parliament of feathers dropped a padlock in the mud (A) The parliament of feathers dropped a padlock in the mud (B) Now the border is a saxophone that's spitting out its blood [Chorus - Heavy, soulful wailing] We nailed a broken mirror to the ceiling of the wind! The staircase is a liar and the architecture sinned Pour a gallon of static into a sleeping copper vein Ain't no umbrella heavy enough to bruise the falling rain [Guitar Solo - Rusted, bending strings, slow and painful] [Verse 3] (A) The radar dish is coughing up a lung of yellow dust (A) The radar dish is coughing up a lung of yellow dust (B) And the suitcase caught a fever trying to negotiate with rust [Outro - Fading out, slow tempo] Leave the porch light crying, baby, the moths have lost their teeth...
