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Separate Vacations is an as-of-yet unreleased song first performed at August 29 2009 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club.

Lyrics[]

Surrounded in a car park in Hostile, Massachussetts
Wishing that your friends wouldn't talk so stupid (Alt: Sitting in your car, listening to music)
All this dark talk is making me itchy
These guys with no shirts, they're making me sweat it
It's been getting kind of hectic

You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
You're faithful and pure but you're not even there
You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
This is the cross that we carry

And some blue blood dude down at the harbor
He called me his brother, he tried to sell me his daughter

These east coast kids are such tricky talkers
Got caught by a cop up in Boston Common
All the lip stick, all the mascara

Dried up like blood and you're stuck to the ground
Thats how we know you'll be sticking around
We're tied up like kites but we drift into trouble
There will nights when we suffer
Such is our struggle

Via Dolorosa
It started with mimosas
It ended with relations
Hey Mr. Minnesota
Stuck her between stations
He watched her do the passions
and then he went back to his cabin

You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
You're hot and you're scared that there's not enough air
You're hot and you're bright and there's not enough light
Your friends think you're settled, you're scared that they're right
You're hot and you're bright and there's not enough light
Your friends think you're settled and now you're taking separate vacations
Now you're taking separate vacations
Now you're taking separate vacations

Analysis[]

Craig concluded the first performance of the song saying "That's a mid-life jam.


It remains unknown why the band did not include this song on Heaven is Whenever.

Other Info[]

First performed at August 29 2009 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club.