Testo Throwing Off Glass

why is the world so creepy, she asked
after a carful of haircuts drove past
a backseat full of "the boys"
told her that it isn't
that, that it's exquisite
but like love, it has it's barbarous threats

still in spite of the cads and the stoop-shouldered teens
i know i'm losing you
i know what that means, yea

i told her that it isn't
that it's real exquisite
but like love, it can have its stubbed-toe effects

and just like after she heard
the word 'iridescent'
and everything was iridescent for awhile,
it wasn't long
before she exalted out of nowhere:
isn't this exquisite
once you've said mm in unison
and oh in double surprise
and shared relief with a mutual phew
and a look in each others' eyes
i tell her that is isn't
insisted that it isn't
because like love it has too-cunning effects

i told her that it isn't
that it's just exquisite
because like love it has it's barbarous threats

why is the world so creepy, she asked
after a car full of haircuts drove past
a backseat full of the boys
breaking glass
throwing off glass