A recent favorite:
I've left a trail of myself every place that I've been through
And going bald is the most manly thing I'm ever gonna do
I'll tell the Earth "Thanks for the hair, thanks for the skin, thanks for the bone.
Though I now slowly give it back, I still appreciate the loan."
Just tell me that you like me in the same sentence as a mountainside
'Cause it would be such a relief to be objectified
'Cause, who says it's so important to sort through these thoughts of ours
Maybe that's why we love to try to see ourselves from the outside
In photographs and videos and diaries and mirrors
'Cause it would be such a relief to be objectified
And the closest that I ever got still seems to leave a lot to go
But the horizon seems to be a place that nobody can know
Looking forth and looking back, our vision can't extend
Beyond the quaint vanishing points our bodies recommend
And I'll help you move some furniture somewhere it's never been before
But the room's so small the dresser drawer won't let us get back out the door
Just tell me that you like me in the same sentence as a building
It would be such a relief to see I'm just a natural thing
We're only boats and the boats are only empty
And you can't blame an empty boat that's on a river to the sea
You can't blame a billion boats without a sail, without a sailor
And that's how we look in photographs and diaries and mirrors
And the ants turn into plants and the plants turn into ants
And children are clumsy people and old people are rotting children
And I still don't have a cell phone but this seashell gets reception
And the ocean won't stop calling and I want a restraining order
Just tell me that you like me in the same sentence as a building
It would be such a relief to see I'm just a natural thing
We're just a natural thing
Just like anything
-Jeffrey Lewis
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Like carnivores to carnal pleasures, so were we to desperate measures...
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