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 now 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! 

Look out friend! 



Let's speed it up so we 

Can slow back down 

Kafka on the shore, 

Kafka on the shore! 

Rising up so we can rise back down, 

Kafka on the shore 

Kafka on the shore 



Never said it would be 

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, 

Kafka on the shore! 

Rising up so we can rise back down, 

Kafka on the shore 

Kafka on the shore