Song of the Indeterminate Time Period, 16 August 2K11

One last song for Beth...

White kitchen walls with a thousand windows
You turn on Winston in the den
And I'm still asleep but I can hear the piano
When you make breakfast after ten

I smell the coffee on your fingers
I still smell the perfume in the bed
The crushed linen roses are on everything
And you're still inside my head (get out!)

You gotta make her know how it feels to miss you
Let her know you're swapping sides
You're not the one with all the problems (no, no)
You're the one with all the pride
So just pick your head up, boy, and walk away
Walk the coolest walk that you know
Cause in a month or two, she'll call you
You gotta... HANG UP THE PHONE!

And I hope she knows I've got this memory
It won't ever seem to break or bend
A thick lock, and sheetrock is on this window in my kitchen
I don't think I'll ever take them down again

Cause I've learned a lot
From all of these break-ups and make-ups and fuck-ups and fake-ups
Things that I wish you could comprehend (comprehend)

But for now, I'll lace up my Converse shoes, boys, and I'll
I'll go and have breakfast with my good friends

You gotta make her know how it feels to miss you
Let her know you're swapping sides
You're not the one with all the problems
You're not the one with all the problems
You're the one with all the pride

[Ryan Delahoussaye with a lead violin break]

You gotta make her know how it feels to miss you
Let her know you're swapping spit
You're not the one with all the problems
You're not the one with all the problems
She's the one that's full of shit
So just pick your head up, boys, and walk away
Walk the coolest walk that you know (I know you know)
Cause in a month or two, that bitch will call you
You gotta... HANG UP THE PHONE!

-- Blue October
"Breakfast After Ten"
Argue With a Tree (live) (2005)