Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Eureka' - It was a strange request and they'd just barely met / But somehow he didn't seem like a stranger. / She knew what her sister always said about the angels. / How they show up when you never expect them. / And she never expected. / When she was mostly in the phone booth at the end of her rope. / Spending half her time just hope hope hoping. / Then someone finally showed up with a shot at the coast. / So she gets in the car and they go. / Goodbye Central Valley. / Hello Shasta Trinity. / You look even better than you did in the pictures. / He didn't say much. / She never thought it was love. / It was mostly about the adventure. / When they got to Eureka they crashed with his friends. / They had five in one room. They had four in one bed. / She had sixty eight bucks. She said she only had ten. / Asset management. Checking all the balances. / There was this whole long scene with some mountains and some lakes. / And most of it was real but some of it seemed fake. / Try not to judge me by the pictures that I take. / I've always had some pretty shaky hands. / He never came out and said it. / He just kind of implied it. / The dashboard almost swallowed them whole. / He didn't say much. / She never thought it was love. / It was mostly about the control. / They put the speed against the sedatives. Futures and derivatives. / Some deep freedom getting tangled up in tenements. / You gotta put the negatives up against the benefits. / Crisis management. Getting out ahead of it. / But the guy that she left with / Ain't the things that he said he is. / He's a dick when he drinks / And she's scared of his friends. / He went through her purse / And he let her keep ten. / He never wants to do anything. / There was a guy at the door. / There was a gun on the bed. / There was a dog on a rope / It had a cross on its head. / Now let me introduce you / To some deep freedom / We're just kind of getting used to / No gods / No kings / Let freedom ring. / No faith / No sin / No hymns to sing. / She just wanted to see some things. / No gods / No kings / Let freedom ring. / He never wants to do anything. / My country 'tis of thee / Sweet land of liberty / Sleeping in the parking lots of pharmacies. / No gods / No kings / Let freedom ring. / He never wants to do anything.