They Might Be Giants - Sensurround lyrics

When I was only a zygote
I still remember the time
When there was nothing to know
Or to think about
Except the sound of my mind
And the sound from outside

Sensurround, down at the bottom
Sensible to ear and sternum
And the world first spoke
To me in Sensurround

If Mom had known she was expecting
She might have gone to see Jaws
Instead of picking the film
Where the sound effects
Came right up through the floor
And I'd be differently formed

Sensurround, down at the bottom
Sensible to ear and sternum
And the world first spoke
To me in Sensurround

Accidentally in a coal mine it was found
When they accidently dug too far
Down and found the Sensurround

I still don't know who concieved it
Or where they got the idea
But there it was in the
Aisle by the exit sign
A woofer covered in wood
To shake the room when it should

Sensurround, down at the bottom
Sensible to ear and sternum
Made the fakeness realistic
When the action went ballistic
One degree shy of sadistic
And the world first spoke
To me in Sensurround

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ooh

If I could swim under the water
Without having to breathe
If I could follow the trail
To the ocean floor
I think I'd know what there'd be
Down there waiting for me

Sensurround, down at the bottom
Sensible to ear and sternum
Made the fakeness realistic
When the action went ballistic
One degree shy of sadistic
And the world first spoke
To me in Sensurround