A little more tape A kiss on the knee It's barely a scrape And barely bleeds Never conceiving Licking the tears Taking the beating Swallow the fear 5000 puppets In parallel lines They march to the music But marching in time O-I O O-I O Iodine They're tasking the poet In twenty five words He says that you know it It something you heard He says that he loves you He's touching your soul So it isn't bleeding It's something you hold. Twenty five tissues You're caught in the dark Your red badge of courage A message from god O-I O O-I O Iodine The buffalo buffalo A circle of sound The last archipelago You see when you drown O-I O O-I O O-I O O-I O IodineA little more tape A kiss on the knee It's barely a scrape And barely bleeds Never conceiving Licking the tears Taking the beating Swallow the fear 5000 puppets In parallel lines They march to the music But marching in time O-I O O-I O Iodine They're tasking the poet In twenty five words He says that you know it It something you heard He says that he loves you He's touching your soul So it isn't bleeding It's something you hold. Twenty five tissues You're caught in the dark Your red badge of courage A message from god O-I O O-I O Iodine The buffalo buffalo A circle of sound The last archipelago You see when you drown O-I O O-I O O-I O O-I O Iodine