The Shins - For a fool lyrics

rate me

Young and bright

but now just a dim light

off in the distance,

a fallen stone

following the path

of least resistance.

If I still fight,

it’s just that I’m

afraid I’ll slide under that spell again.

Take him for a fool.

Yes, I was,

because I was fool.

Tell me what you’d do.

Lost my way

in spades.

I need a school.

So many times

caught up in my head at night

with a leash and label.

If I can learn

anything from this

then I’d be like

the fox in the fable, oh right.

If I still fight,

it’s just that I’m

afraid I’ll slide under that spell again.

The way we used to carry on,

you’re stuck in my head like a terrible song.

Take him for a fool.

Yes, I was,

and I was fool.

Following their rules,

guess I wasn’t very honest too.

Take him for a fool.

(Take him for a fool.)

Yes, I was,

because I was fool.

Take him for a fool.