The Naming of Things

Lyrics for The Naming of Things

You remind me of you The way you shot right through and how You broke my window glass Fast, it happened so fast I have to confess that I That I was impressed, that I That I was impressed, that I Despite all the mess and the broken glass I was impressed Here's where I disappeared Where I fell off the pier And to, and to be rescued I did wait I watched water bugs skate As they draw figure eights, as they draw From the bottom of the lake, as they draw I watched water bugs skate, as they draw From the bottom of the lake, I watched the water bugs skate Memories like mohair sweaters Stretched and pilled, faux-distressed letters Moose's horns and figure eights White plastic bags in search of mates What suffocates the land In memory of garbage can In memory of garbage can But you, you can't be found when the bell rings You weren't there that day for the naming of things The naming of things The naming of things When your homeroom bell rings And then your homeroom bell... One, two, three, four Hey, just look at the mess you made today You really didn't think it would get this bad Hey, you feel like you're living in a Russian play Where it seems like you've made everybody mad 'Cause you remind me of you When you shot through And broke my window glass It happened so fast I have to confess I was impressed Yeah, I was impressed Despite all the mess and the broken glass I was impressed You, you can't be found when the bell rings You weren't there that day for the naming of things Naming of things Naming of things When your homeroom bell rings And then your homeroom bell rings It's the naming of things The naming of...