Lyrics Life in Quarantine - Benjamin Gibbard

Life in Quarantine

The sidewalks are empty, the bars and cafes too
The streetlights only changing 'cause they ain’t got nothing better to do
You say it’s like Christmas when nobody’s around
When our city was still a secret before those carpetbaggers came to town
And the airports and train stations are full of desperate people
Trying to convince the gate agents that not all emergencies are equal
But no one is going anywhere soon
Inside the Safeway, it’s like the Eastern Bloc
'Cause people have a way of getting crazy when they think they’ll be dead in a
month
But you like the silence of the wind through the trees
And I like walking beside you through these days of no guarantees
And National Guard is on their way to protect us from our neighbors
And everyone who’s tried to swim for it has drowned out past the breakers
And the airports and train stations are full of desperate people
But no one is going anywhere soon
No one is going anywhere soon