I know you're wise beyond your years
Using a friend as my stand-in
To help you get by?
The script it called for rain
I want so badly to believe that
And I want life in every word
In the London underground when it struck me
I want so badly to believe that
"I need you to pretend that we are in love again"
Songwriters: Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello
"Quiet on the set" and then called "Action"
So I changed my plans, I rented a camera
That would look and sound like a movie
And you agreed to
To the extent that it's absurd
There is truth, that love is real
That Clark Gable would have admired
Publishers: DYING SONGS, WHERE I'M CALLING FROM MUSIC
There is truth, that love is real
That I've been waiting since birth to find a love
The marker snapped and I yelled
To the extent that it's absurd
But do you ever get the feel that
And I kissed you in a style
I greased the lens and framed the shot
I was waiting for a cross-town train
Your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself
But it was clear that day so we faked it
(I thought it classic)
And I want life in every word
And a van and then I called you