I never understood your taste
In mirrors and
If you call me today
I'll probably tell you that

I'll know the look that's on your face
It's clearer in
This picture of you
That's just out of view

Transparent undernetting hanging in the air
Just riding on the breeze
Revealing several trees
And it's just
A sharp reminder of the way you brush your hair
With strokes in fives and threes
And perfect symmetry
Your touch of OCD

I always wanted to expect
Your kindest "no"
Denying my calls
And taking my keys away

And yet things still fail to connect
When I'm this slow
And you trick me again
I'm sick of my friends

The slogan of a campaign that I don't support
Is now leaving my lips
It makes more sense than this
And it's so
The way you walk right up and tell me that you're bored
Those earrings that you chose
They're making my eyes close
They're making me suppose that

I'm not
Even breathing air
I'm getting off at this stop
It's not
Even anywhere
That I've ever heard of
It's somewhere where there's never any news
'Cause how can I explain love
When I'm just a perfect-smiled
Oldest child
Who can barely tie his shoes?

I never understood your drapes
They're sheerer than
The terror I feel
Whenever the phone rings