Do the Buildings and Cops Make You Smile?

Bedroom Walls was an American pop rock band active from 2001–2007 in Los Angeles, CA. It was formed in 2001 by Adam Samuel Goldman (later of Fol Chen) on guitar/vocals, with keyboardist/vocalist Melissa Thorne and drummer Julian Gross (now of Liars). The band released two full-length albums of self-described "Romanticore" music, a genre founded on "staring at the ceiling; sedatives; stale cake for breakfast; sighing too loudly; knowing your ex-girlfriend is happier now." “Some people don’t see any humor in it, but it’s supposed to be a little funny,” Goldman explained in a 2004 interview. "Sad music fails when there isn’t a little bit of absurdity to it or black comedy to it."After the release of their debut album, I Saw You Coming Back To Me (2003), the li… more »

Year:: 2003
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Take the days and the hours
Souvenir Eiffel Towers
Throw them up in the air
Watch them fall
Well, the ground underneath
And the air that you breathe
Is it all that's keeping you alive?
When your friends can't be found

Take a walk into town
Do the buildings and cops
Make you smile?
I saw you in the shops
In the scarf that I bought
Which you wore like a bandage
On your heart

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Written by: ADAM SAMUEL GOLDMAN

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