Rocks and Things

Lyrics

I sit, wait for the colors inside this little tube to change Hoping that they'll show me something I already know Oh boy, what could it be? A sample of the sediment that's reticent to change its properties Since we last did a check And my predecessor wrote it down for me Yes, as I suspected, everything is as it seems Mmmm-mm It's funny how we spend our lives searching and re-searching For something our parents already knew Yеt, we search for something timеless Something ageless and refined, because Even in the ancient truths, we might mine something new Mmmm-mm So we'll learn for a couple years Til we know what the sediment knows Sure, we'll burn through a couple of tears But no more than the fear of living alone Better here, better now In the crowd I just heard it all too loud Mm No one stares here, ha, there's no one to stare No one dares to ask how I've been holding up No one cringes, as the windows break No one calls to see if they can bring a casserole No, we study rocks and things Inanimate and old as time To take our minds away, to keep our son from asking why And its funny, something as old as loss Is young in comparison to rocks So we learn for a couple of years Maybe hundreds of years Til we know what the sediment knows Sure, we'll burn more than a couple tears But no more than the fear of living alone Better here, better now He's the one thing I'm proud of But can I give him all the love he needs? If it were grace I was looking for That's where I'd find it, I'd find it in him More than any god above You're the one I love So we learn for a hundreds and hundreds of years Til we know, til we know what they know Yes, we'll stay, we're not done Our family has just begun Mmm-mm Oh boy, what could it be? A sample of the sediment that reticent to change