Andrew Bird - Masterfade lyrics

Well, you sure didn't look like
You were having any fun
With that heavy-metal gaze they'll have
To measure in tons
And when you look up at the sky
All you see are zeros
And all you see are zeros and ones

You took my hand and led me down
To watch a kewpie doll parade
And we let the kittens lick our
Hair and drank our chalky lemonade
It's not that I just didn't care
I must admit I was afraid
And I'm awfully glad my finger's
Resting gently on the masterfade

The masterfade, I could have played along
The masterfade, I could have played Mah Jongg
But it just takes too long
And I just can't remember which
Way the east wind blows

Does it matter? If we're all matter
What's the matter?
Does it matter if we're all
Matter when we're done
When the sky is full of zeros and ones?

I saw you standing all alone
In the electrostatic rain
I thought at last I'd found
A situation you can't explain with GPS
You know it's all just a matter of degrees
Your happiness won't find you underneath
That canopy of trees

And if the green grass is six
And the soybeans are seven
The June bugs are eight
The weeds and thistles are eleven
The ones just hold their place
The zeros make a smiley face
When they come floating down from the heavens

You took my hand and led me
Down to watch a papillon parade
And we let the kittens lick our
Hair and drank our chalky lemonade
You squeezed my hand and told me
Softly that I shouldn't be afraid
'Cause all the while your finger's
Resting gently on the masterfade

The masterfade, I could have played along
The masterfade, I could have played Mah Jongg
But it just takes too long
And who the hell can remember which
Way the east wind blows
When you're lying on the ground staring
Up at that inverted compass
I mean, Christ, who knows?