The Swiss Guard - The Sprinter Lyrics

The carpet is crawling
With cardinal sin
Jesus keeps calling
To see how you've been
So you vacuum
And call it a day
Did they tell you
It was all for the best
As they stapled
The map to your chest
Big red X's designed
To keep you in O's
The dirt in your mind
The dirt in your toes
I get to thinking
When I've been drinking
Maybe we're better this way in the long run
The sprinter avoiding the marathon
The phone never rings
But you see him around
You bury all of his things
They don't stay in the ground
Pages so thin
You see through the words
All the trouble you're in
The stories you heard
I get to thinking
When I've been drinking
Maybe we're better this way in the long run
The sprinter avoiding the marathon
And when I'm older
And I need a shoulder
Maybe I'll pencil it in on a weekend
Take a jog, take a dive in the deep end
Call it day

The carpet is crawling
With cardinal sin
Jesus keeps calling
To see how you've been
So you vacuum
And call it a day
Did they tell you
It was all for the best
As they stapled
The map to your chest
Big red X's designed
To keep you in O's
The dirt in your mind
The dirt in your toes
I get to thinking
When I've been drinking
Maybe we're better this way in the long run
The sprinter avoiding the marathon
The phone never rings
But you see him around
You bury all of his things
They don't stay in the ground
Pages so thin
You see through the words
All the trouble you're in
The stories you heard
I get to thinking
When I've been drinking
Maybe we're better this way in the long run
The sprinter avoiding the marathon
And when I'm older
And I need a shoulder
Maybe I'll pencil it in on a weekend
Take a jog, take a dive in the deep end
Call it day