The Faint: "Your Retro Career Melted" Lyrics

recovering slowly, a torso fell

from a beat up truck by a rural motel.

the manager seen how the truck bed bounced

while dust flew up with a rolling sound.



voices appear from the staff outside

in bulbous text in a western style

his mannequin neck spun to turn his face

the bars spilled drunks out frame by frame



girls pushed girls side to side

to hear a suction sound as limbs realign

the crowd justseemed to multiply

they hear his plastic jaw as the news drops hard.



"your retro career melted"



they couldn't have agreed with the mannequin less

they didn't understand what the mannequin meant

the sound of a barrelled gun held to the back

some plastic clicks as the shell parts pass.



fleshtone shards fly by wild

they fill a plastic bag with the parts inside

the bag got dumped, a towm nearby

they reassembled fast as his voice dropped hard



"your retro career melted"