I Was a Kaleidoscope (Acoustic, Live on KEXP)

[Intro]

One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]

I put on my overcoat and walked into winter

My teeth chattered rhythms

And they were grouped in twos or threes

Like a Morse code message was sent from me to me

And cars on slippery slopes were stuck

People pushing through their mittens as I was beginning

To feel it soaking through my shoes

Getting colder with every step I took to your apartment, dear

[Chorus]

And I was a kaleidoscope

The snow on my lenses distorting the image

Of what was only one of you

And I didn't know which one to address as all your lips moved

[Post-Chorus]

And this is when I forget to breathe

And all the things I scripted, they sound unfounded

And it's that look that you're giving me

That tells me exactly what you are thinking

"This ain't working anymore"

[Verse 2]

They got their mothers worked into a panic

Sledding down hills into oncoming traffic

Then parents layered clothes until the children couldn't move and

Then left them outside 'til their noses were blue

And I got left there, too

[Outro]

I put on my overcoat and walked into winter

My teeth chattered rhythms

And they were grouped in twos or threes

Like a Morse code message was sent from me to me