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Returning to the Fetal Position
(Nutra Stick Productions, 1999)
Unsinkable
Life in this building has really got a high altitude that brings you down on the top floors
I'm lonely and don't know what I should do
By the time the plumber makes his way to the top stories to fix the leaky water
I'm swimming in stuff from a backed up loo
And as the water floats me to the ceiling I stretch my ear and hear the upstairs neighbors
And I hear them begin to speak of you
They say you are unsinkable and
They say that no one can ever stop you
I wonder what they say about me
And also if you're dominance is true
They say you live on the top floor and
Compared by elevation's even small
And if you'd allow something from me
Can I put on a performance for you?
The plumber comes in and saves me from drowning by opening one of my windows and door
I thank him and he charges me a few
And I've sunk back down, soaked, and as I ring the liquids out of my plaid flannel baggy pants
I decide I must do something that's new
I'll just lie about my need to cry tears as I sit and sigh in this high-rise apartment
But the truth is I'm still in love with you
words and music © 1999 Jeremy Mathews
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