On the Radio

"On the Radio" is the 1st single off of Spektor's 4th album "Begin to Hope" released in 2006.

Taylor's much quieter cover of Spektor's song was used as the closing song of the 2nd season finale on "Sex Education," which set the tone as Isaac erases Otis' tender phone message deom Maeve's answering machine so that she never hears it or knows that he left it. 

This is how it works, it feels a little worse
Than when we drove our hearse right through that screaming crowd
While laughing up a storm until we were just bone
Until it got so warm that none of us could sleep

And all the Styrofoam began to melt away
We tried to find some worms to aid in the decay
But none of them were home inside their catacomb
A million ancient bees began to sting our knees
While we were on our knees praying that disease
Would leave the ones we love & never come again

On the radiocwe heard November Rain
That solo's really long but it's a pretty song
We listened to it twice 'cause the DJ was asleep

This is how it works, you're young until you're not
You love until you don't, you try until you can't
You laugh until you cry, you cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe until their dying breath

No, this is how it works, you peer inside yourself
You take the things you like & try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made & stick it into some
Someone else's heart pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm, you hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does, you'll just do it all again

And on the radio, you hear November Rain
That solo's awful long but it's a good refrain
You listen to it twice 'cause the DJ is asleep
On the radio (Oh, oh, oh), on the radio
On the radio, uh oh, on the radio, uh oh
On the radio, uh oh, on the radio

lyrics & music by Regina Spektor © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved.