Australia Lyrics Shins

As mentioned, Australia lyrics by the Shins implicitly and explicitly points reference to the country. Here is the exact wording as used in the popular and symbolic song.

Born to multiply or Born to gaze into night skies When all you want’s one more Saturday Well look here until then They gonna buy your life's time So keep your wick in the air And your feet in the fetters 'till the day... We come in doing cartwheels We all crawl out by ourselves And your shape on the dance floor Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes You’ll be damned to be one of us girl Faced with a dodo’s conundrum I felt like I could just fly But nothing happened every time I tried

Oh duotone on the wall The selfless fool who hoped he’d save us all He never dreamt of such sterile hands You keep them folded in your lap Or raise them up to beg for scraps You know he's holding you down With the tips of his fingers just the same

Will you be pulled from the ocean But just a minute too late Or changed by a potion And find a handsome young mate for you to love You'll be damned to pining through the windowpanes You know you'd trade your life for any ordinary Joe's Well do it now or grow old 'Cause your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold Been alone since you were 21 You haven't laughed since January You try and make like this is so much fun

But we know it to be quite contrary Dare to be one of us girl Facing the android's conundrum You see I felt like I should just cry But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin Yeah Himmler in your coat You don't know how long I have been watching The lantern dim starved of oxygen So give me your hand and let's jump out the window