CLAPPING SEAL

(album: VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN - 2021)

Check, check, hey
Check, check, hey
Check the room, hey
Same keys on the ones and twos

I thought it was real
And I clapped like a seal
And I balanced the ball on my nose
But even after my spell
Hey, you never felt
The things that I felt, I suppose

Everything's dried up and bleached from the the sun
And my hands just massage it like glass
I'm stained from a year of deceiving myself
And I'm not sure it'll pass
The headaches I get are serrated
I'm the bugs you squash under your feet
Your kiss always tastes so metallic
From the fillings that line all your teeth

I'm the cockroach that wakes up your roommates
I'm the laughter that nobody knows
I just wanna exhale how you can inhale
When I plug both the holes in your nose
I'm wasting my time but I'm happy
Grinding my teeth into dust
Spitting the shards of the past like a dart
There's nothing much left to discuss

I thought it was real
And I clapped like a seal
And I balanced the ball on my nose
But even after my spell you never felt
The things that I felt, I suppose

I thought it was real
And I clapped like a seal
And I balanced the ball on my nose