Seeing Daylight

Lyrics

Two cans clear chicken broth
Two white onions
One bulb garlic

Boil boil
Boil boil

And the screams of delight from the pool outside
The splashing sounds
The coffee heating up on the stove
The sky outside the color of pure fresh milk

Boil boil
Boil boil

And the phone ringing, and me picking it up
And watching myself do so
In the quiet room
In the June evening
And your voice on the other end
And the impossibility of your voice on the other end
And the impossible echo inside

Boil boil
Boil boil

Banter

• This was on a ten inch EP called Beautiful Rat Sunset. The rat on the cover, his name was Mr. Do and may he rest in peace. A moment of silence for Mr. Do. It's just sad that the rat had to die but at the same time, if he was still alive today, he'd be some kind of freak, super-rat. 'Cause that was a very long time ago and rats don't live that long. If they did, you'd know something was wrong in the air or the water. So, then he would say, 'I mean, long life to the rat but it's bad news for the rest of us that he has lived this long.' And then Mr. Do would sit in his cage on Loretto Court with an evil glint in his eye, thinking to himself, 'I know a secret that no one knows.' That would be the whole situation with Mr. Do. Fortunately, for all of us, none of that happened. He just died after the normal course of life. For a rat, he lived as good a life as you would expect if you are a rat. I play this song for Mr. Do. (2011-03-28)
• Here's a song about death. (2011-03-29)

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