Window

by Fiona Apple

From the album: Extraordinary Machine

Track 7 of 12 on Extraordinary Machine (2005).

Duration: 05:31

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Lyrics for Window

I was staring out the window The whole time he was talking to me It was a filthy pane of glass I couldn't get a clear view And as he went on and on It wasn't the outside world I could see Just the filthy pane that I was looking through So I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I was never focused on just one thing My eyes got fixed when my mind got so It may look like I'm concentrated on A very clear view But I'm as good as asleep I bet you didn't know It'd take a lot of it away If you do I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I had to break the window It just had to be It was in my way Better that I break the window Than forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see Because the fact being that Whatever's in front of me Is coloring my view So I can't see what I'm seeing, in fact I only see what I'm looking through So again I've done the right thing I was never worried about that The answer's always been in clear view But even when the window was cleaned I still can't see for the fact That when it's clean It's so clear I can't tell what I'm looking through So I had to break the window It just had to be It was in my way Better that I break the window Than him or her or me I had to break the window It just had to be It was in my way Better that I break the window Than miss what I should see I had to break the window It just had to be It was in my way Better that I break the window Than forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see Or break him or her or me Especially me

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More from Extraordinary Machine

  1. Extraordinary Machine
  2. Get Him Back
  3. O' Sailor
  4. Better Version Of Me
  5. Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)
  6. Parting Gift
  7. Window
  8. Oh Well
  9. Please Please Please
  10. Red Red Red
  11. Not About Love
  12. Waltz (Better Than Fine)