i can hear the slamming of a door i can see the end of a prank i already fell for but i don t have to sleep at belshazar s house anymore gave up the center line i moved out on my own for the first time a view out on the back of a hotel sign got a dozen broken clocks lined up in a line i got a feeling that people can be awful nice let s speed it up so we can slow back down kafka on the shore ah kafka on the shore rising up for rising down you re speeding up to slow back down oh kafka on the shore your spot s reserved inside a buzzard s beak you re fluent in a language that dies every time you speak you re fluent in a language that dies every time you speak sticking to the center line my neighbor s always leaving a light on is that my best friend s face on a trinitron everybody says he should get back where he belongs we re still good friends ah look out friend let s speed it up so we can slow back down kafka on the shore ah kafka on the shore rising up so we can rise back down oh kafka on the shore never said it would be never said it would be never said it would be everybody wants to see him everybody wants to see him we re still good friends ah look out friend let s speed it up so we can slow back down kafka on the shore ah kafka on the shore rising up so we can rise back down oh kafka on the shore