Hello Cashier

meaning

well last monday i walked down the street in the dark
when i stepped through the threshold my hopes ran away till they froze to the beat of a greeting

hello, cashier

tell me your name, there's no way i can sleep tonight
it's a complex problem so come back soon

15 hundred cars paint the highway steel
and there's nowhere to go but across the cold ocean back some other island below the sun
and i've been to atlantis where it never rains but just the sight of it is warming enough
yeah it's a spectacle on it's own and to be truthful i just can't wait to see the show

stop. now sing out loud how we don't wanna go back home!! (don't wanna go back home)
and so it's a freak show where the truth comes out that you always lived a lie!

mission report: i have stolen the truth. i have taken the truth. with me. home

some days i wish that the world was whole
but the way it spins just doesn't line up with the headlines on the news

hahahaha,

don't wanna go back home
[arp rise] your name, there's no way i can sleep tonight
it's a complex problem so come back soon

come back soon (harmonise this)

well next monday i'm walking down the street in the dark again
but this time i'll know just what to do when someone's planning on surprising me

my expectations exceed myself so i'll just walk right back out the door
and i'll be running away up until i freeze to the beat of a familiar greeting

hello, cashier

don't wanna go back home
tell me your name, there's no way i can sleep tonight
it's a complex problem so come back soon

i'm never going back home now that i know the truth
(ah, this is completely normal)

never going back home
i'm never going back home
i'm never going back home today
i'm never going back home
i'm never going back home today