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I left a trail of myself
every place that I have been through ,
And going bald is the most manly thing
that I'm ever gonna do.
I tell the ear th, "thanks for the hair,
thanks for the skin, thanks for the bone" ,
Though I now sl owly give it back
I still appreciate the loan.
Just te ll me that you like me
in the same sentence as a mountain side.
'Cause it would be
such a relief to be objectified.
'Cause who s ays it's so important
to sort through these thoughts of ours .
Maybe be that's w hy we love to try
to see ourselves from the outside
In photographs and videos and diaries and mirrors .
'Cause i t would be
such a relief to be objectified.
And the c losest that I ever got
still seems to l eave a lot to go,
but the h orizon seems to be a place
that nob ody can know.
Lo oking forth and looking back,
our v ision can't extend
bey ond the quaint vanishing points
our b odies' recommend,
and I'll h elp you move some furniture
so mewhere it's never been before,
but the r oom's so small the dresser drawer
won't l et us get back out the door.
Just t ell me that you like me
in the same se ntence as the building.
It would be such a rel ief to see
I'm just a natural thing.
We're only boats ,
And the boats are only empty
And you can't bl ame an empty boat
that's on a river to the sea .
You can't bl ame a billion boats
without a sail, without a sailor .
And that's h ow we look
in photographs, and diaries, and mirrors .
And the pl ants turn into ants,
and the an ts turn into plants,
And childr en are clumsy people,
and old pe ople are rotting Children.
And I sti ll don't have a cell phone,
but this sea shell gets Reception,
And the oc ean won't stop calling,
and I wa nt a restraining order.
Just t ell me that you like me
in the same se ntence as a building.
It would be such a rel ief to see
I'm just a natural thing .
We're just a natural thing .
Just like anything .
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