Sinking Stone

3 days ago by @daveyboy103 · @pianoquest

Sinking Stone

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Liner Notes

I loved these lyrics when I read them on the page and the song form immediately came to me and I think suits the words very well with their quirky weirdness.

#quirky #edm #strange #chorus

Lyrics

I fell over backwards
Into the hot tub
I fell over backwards
Into the pool
My skin was on backwards
And people were laughing
My skin was on wrong
And I looked so uncool

When I was a leader
And you were a straggler
When I was a leader
And you were too slow
I stopped counting backwards
I stopped at eleven
I stopped counting backwards
And finally pressed Go

I used to be a skipping stone
I was top of the hop as a skipping stone
I used to be a skipping stone
But if you skip to the end, my friend,
No surprise for the wise
It turns out I’m a sinking stone

I fell over backwards
Right onto the mattress
I fell over backwards
Already asleep
You’re looking for leaders
In all the wrong places
We’re all out of shepherds
We only have sheep

I dreamed of a classroom
On final exam day
I’m there in the classroom
I’m stuck to my chair
I forgot to wear pants
I hope no one notices
I can’t read the questions
It gets worse from there

I used to be a skipping stone
I was top of the hop as a skipping stone
I used to be a skipping stone
But if you skip to the end, my friend,
No surprise for the wise
It turns out I’m a sinking stone

Well, I asked the ship
Would you kindly stop leaking?
But the ship does not listen
It wants to go down
It’s so sad and lonely
Despite the bananas
Ten thousand bananas
They’re all gonna drown

If you’re looking for God
And you don’t have his number
Just call up the switchboard
They’ll connect you for free
But just for the future
To call him directly
In case you should need it
That number is 3

I used to be a skipping stone
I was top of the hop as a skipping stone
I used to be a skipping stone
But if you skip to the end, my friend,
No surprise for the wise
It turns out I’m a sinking stone

Now, all you young steam clouds
Ambitious young moisture
You wish you were rainclouds
To wash down this dust
But you missed the audition
And fell off the waitlist
You can’t pass the test
If you don’t win their trust

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