when the sun sets
on this valley 
I'll be cold and wet
my limp body

when it's done and through 
will I care what they called me? 
in my unmarked grave
under shadows in the valley

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I remember when our son was born
He looked so perfect and new, already old
We protected him with a heart of stone
Protected him from all the window panes
But then he met this girl named Martha
She had a heart of pure boiling magma
The two fell in love on first sight
He wouldn’t shut up about how beautiful she looked
So then they decided one day to go to the park and do the tie
But don’t you know, don’t you know plastic people burn in hell
Cardboard people like Martha will never burn again, still they became plastic
They did the tie, looped their problems up
Loop them up in a big bowl of soup for your soul
They did the tie, looped their problems up in a hot bowl of soup
Hot bowl of soup for your soul
Then one day I got a postcard from the two who had just eloped to a dangerous foreign country overseas, I don’t remember where anymore
I realized that there was much terror and mishaps that could happen over there and I got worried for them
But immediately I realized that I had nothing to worry about, because they took over the car
They drove into the night, into the sunset, into the future
And never again would any of their decisions be held in vain because they never cared anymore
They just wanted to move on, evolve and then they got to the fucking and they thought it was so right
But really it was wrong, but really it was wrong
You’d never see me there again
Their future was gone, their future was gone, but not in the way they expected it to be
Their future was gone, their future was gone, their future was gone
And don’t you know plastic people burn in hell, cardboard people never burn again
Plastic people burn in hell, cardboard people never burn again

Coincidentally, Cardboard People was the hardest song to work on for Cardboard Girls. The main keyboard riff was the first thing written for it about a year before recording, but I had no idea what to do with it. The lyrics are probably the most disjointed of all the songs on the album, I wanted to tell this chunk of a story from the perspective of an overprotective dad who coddled his son until he met some girl who wanted to show him more to the world. The problem was some of the lyrics were either so narrative that it became harder to enjoy the song, or just didn't fit in some parts like the very end. This song was originally called "Do the Tie" and had a few key differences; significantly different, more improvised vocals, backing vocals, and the bassy, house-influenced drum part at the beginning of the final song was originally the ending section. Over time I realized that the song was just shitty in its current state and decided to rework it. I think the rework made it feel less disingenuous, awkward and wordy than it already was.

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