Identify songs from your browser. Download the Shazam Extension

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

The Shins - Pink Bullets [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (Remastered)
Watch The Shins - Pink Bullets [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (Remastered) on YouTube

Featured In

Listen to Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster) by The Shins
ALBUMChutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster)The Shins
Listen to The Shins Essentials featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTThe Shins EssentialsApple Music Indie
Listen to Alternative Hits: 2003 featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTAlternative Hits: 2003Apple Music Alternative
Listen to Inspired by Built to Spill featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTInspired by Built to SpillApple Music Alternative
Listen to Peak Indie featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTPeak IndieApple Music Indie
Listen to Portland Timbers featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTPortland TimbersApple Music
Listen to Lori Meyers: Influences featuring The Shins
PLAYLISTLori Meyers: InfluencesApple Music Alternative

Top Songs By The Shins

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
James Mercer
James Mercer
Vocals
Dave Hernandez
Dave Hernandez
Bass
Martin Crandall
Martin Crandall
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Mercer
James Mercer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Shins
The Shins
Producer
Phil Ek
Phil Ek
Producer
Emily Lazar
Emily Lazar
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was just bony hands
As cold as a winter pole
You held a warm stone out
New flowing blood to hold
Oh, what a contrast you were
To the brutes in the halls
My timid young fingers held
A decent animal
[Chorus]
Over the ramparts, you tossed
The scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
Tied to a brick, sweet as a song
The years have been short but the days were long
[Verse 2]
Cool of a temperate breeze
From dark skies to wet grass
We fell in a field, it seems now
A thousand summers passed
When our kite lines first crossed
We tied 'em into knots
But to finally fly apart
We had to cut them off
[Bridge]
Since then it's been a book you read in reverse
So you understand less as the pages turn
Or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast
That even I could be the star
[Bridge]
I don't look back much as a rule
And all this way before murder was cool
But your memory is here and I'd like it to stay
Warm light, on a winter's day
[Chorus]
Over the ramparts, you tossed
The scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
Tied to a brick, sweet as a song
The years have seemed short but the days go slowly by
Two loose kites fallen from the sky
Drawn to the ground in an end to flight
Written by: James Mercer

Shazam Footer

Select language:

Company

Legal

Google Play Store
Apple App Store
Chrome Web Store
Galaxy Store

Follow Us

© Copyright 2025 Apple Inc. and its affiliates | Supplier Responsibility
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out