Scientist Studies - Death Cab for Cutie

What ghosts exist behind these attic walls?

There’s got to be a simpler explanation

'Cause I scrimped and I saved just to find

That they’ve been splicing my inventions

Cold skin and bones at this latitude

We ain’t paying 'til the heat comes through

So you slept in a stocking cap

A wool scarf and the…

Promises of payments were

Upon your shoulders constantly

But don’t forget to entertain

'Cause this is your first defense

Four-year offense to the devoted type

I may have got an invitation, but I wasn’t invited

But I thought that this meant something more

Than broken hearts and new addictions

We’ll leave our sins within the carpet twine

Our bodies will dissolve the chemicals in due time

Promises of payments were

Upon your shoulders constantly

But don’t forget to entertain

'Cause this is your first defense

This is your first defense

This is a first defense

This was a first defense

This is my last defense