They Do, They Don't lyrics

Tied down against the tracks

Screaming in silent black and white 1  

Why'd 1 you trust us? We are such villains

We would tell ourselves anything

We want to hear if we are willing

To listen is to learn

Then too much is what we deserve

And how come when we say that we do

We don't

Pray to anybody you want

We won't

But if we're the ones to blame, then the fruit

Shouldn't taste so good, we were used2  

Used 2 to thinking we got nothin' to lose

We're losin' everything but the truth

Is walkin' straight into a roadblock

Bendin' left here endin'

Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse

With all its dos and don'ts

The future's an empty promise

Unconcerned and so tired of waiting

We could sell it wooden horses

Full of nightmares and when they open

This all might recompose

There's no going back to the good old days

It's just a phase, bring in some new life

Archaism is a dusty road leadin' us back to nowhere

But if we're the ones to blame, then the fruit

Shouldn't taste so good, we were used2  

Used 2 to thinking we got nothin' to lose  

We're losin' everything but the truth

Is walkin' straight into a roadblock

Endin' left here bendin'

Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse  

How come when we say that we do

We don't

How come when we say we will

We won't

How come when we say that we do

We don't

How come when we say we will

We won't  

1. a. b. The official lyrics show these lines written this way, but he only says one word. This is likely to draw attention to the word play. 'White' and 'why'd' sound similar and this song uses a songwriting technique where the last word of one line can also be the first word of the next line but with a different meaning.2. a. b. c. d. The official lyrics show this word on both lines, although he only says it once. This is likely to draw attention to the word play and double meaning: "We were used." and "We were used to thinking we got nothin' to lose."