Name: Foreign Matter
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: It helps to mix the chemicals.

Foreign Matter

from Incidentally by David Roos

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It helps to mix the chemicals.

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Hey hey oh hey hey, the sky has fallen down today
I saw the pieces of blue as they fell past my eyes
Hey now hey now, I can see
the sky has fallen down on me
and there are no other places for the pieces of blue sky to be

So take a spoon full of sugar, a spoon full of salt
pour it on top
it's best to mix the chemicals
whether it's something that is obvious or not
nothing ever comes out straight from the bottle
without surprising pieces of foreign matter

take a piece from the left, a piece from the other side
stir it up just right
it helps to mix the chemicals
so it's easier to notice
what was hidden in plain sight
nothing ever comes out straight from the bottle
without surprising pieces of foreign matter

when I was the light from a new moon
I would shine through the window
change all the colors to silver grey-blue
disrupt peaceful dreams
When I was a wave crashing on your shore
I'd bring along everything that had been stirred up
change the colors to silver-grey blue
disrupt peaceful dreams

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from Incidentally, released October 1, 2010

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