Master Fade - Andrew Bird

Well you sure didn't look like

You were having any fun

With that heavy-metal gaze

They'll have to measure in tons

And when you look up at the sky

All you see are zeros

And all you see are zeros and ones

You took my hand and let me down

To watch the Kewpie Doll Parade

We let the kittens lick our hair

And drank our chalky lemonade

It's not that I just didn't care

I must admit I was afraid

And I'm awfully glad my finger's resting

Gently on the masterfade

The masterfade

I could a played along the masterfade

Now I could a played Mah Jongg

But it just takes too long

And I just can't remember

Which way the east wind blows

Does it matter

If we're all matter

What's it matter

What's it matter

Does it matter

Does it matter

If we're all matter when we're done

When the sky is full of zeros and ones

I saw you standing all alone

In the electrostatic rain

I thought at last

I'd found a situation you can't explain

With GPS you know it's all just a matter of degrees

Your happiness won't find you underneath

That canopy of trees

If the green grass is 6 and the soybeans are 7

The June bugs are 8 the weeds and thistles are 11

The 1's just hold their place 0's make a smiley face

When they come floating down from the heaven

You took my hand and led me down

To watch a Papillon Parade

And we let the kittens lick our hair

And drank our chalky lemonade

You squeezed my hand and told me softly

That I shouldn't be afraid

'Cause all the while your finger's resting

Gently on the masterfade

Masterfade

I could a played along the masterfade

No I could a played Mah Jongg

But it just takes too long

Who the hell can remember

Which way the east wind blows

When you're lying on the ground staring up

At that inverted compass

I mean Christ who know