“MX Missiles” by Andrew Bird

Just the song, not a fancy video. Also, I think the parts after the first stanza are more lovely than the start.

And now as I would judge and say you’re aloof
but you know the truth is a seed
you know what you need is a conflagration
cause when I see the blood 
and the bits of your broken tooth
it gives me the proof that I need
it’s the proof that you bleed
it’s a revelation
yeah it’s a revelation, it’s a revelation

I thought you were a life-sized paper doll
propped up in the hardware store
propped up on the front lawn watching the parade
of those legionnaires with two-by-four’s
as they’re marching off to war
yeah they’re marching off to war

I didn’t know what you were made of
the colour of your blood, what you’re afraid of
are you made of calcium or are you carbon-based
and if you’re made of calcium I’ll have to take a taste
cause, listen, calcium is deadly tender to the tooth
and it’s one sure-fire way to know if you’re 
MX-missile-proof, oh no, or if you’re just aloof

You were in the ground in late November
when the leaves in earth are down
did you, did you think they would remember
how you almost made stage-out
cause when you’re running for the game against alfonso
and you fell upon the ground and chipped a tooth
oh no, listen, I really have surprised her
to learn that you are really MX-missile-proof

Oh, I thought you were a life-sized paper doll
and you’re propped up in the hardware store
you were propped up on the front lawn watching
the parade of those legionnaires with two-by-four’s
as they’re marching off to war
yeah they’re marching off to war
oh they’re marching