Scientist Studies

What ghosts exist behind these attic walls?
There's got to be a simpler explanation
'Cause I scrimped and I saved
Just to find that they've been splicing my inventions

Cold skin and bones at this latitude
We ain't paying 'til the heat comes through
So you slept in a stocking cap, a wool scarf and

Promises of payments were
Upon your shoulders constantly
But don't forget to entertain
'Cause this is your first defence

Four-year defence to the devoted type
I may have got an invitation but I wasn't invited
But I thought that this meant something more
Than broken hearts and new addictions

We'll leave our sins within the carpet twine
Our bodies will dissolve the chemicals in due time

Promises of payments were
Upon your shoulders constantly
But don't forget to entertain
'Cause this is your first defence
This is your first defence

This is a first defence
This was a first defence
This is my last defence