The Unseen Sister

Lyrics

[Chorus] The unseen sister objects The unseen sister protects The unseen sister expected nothing from life (Expected nothing!) (From life) So she X'd from sight (X'd from sight) [Spoken Interlude] When I was very young, I had a twin sister That no one could see but me We lived in a farm without any neighbors So she was my constant companion But, for some reason, she liked to play tricks on my mother These tricks were often mean and even though I didn't- I usually got the blame I was unable to stop myself from helping her [Instrumental Break] Once, we were playing under the kitchen table Where my mother was sitting, shelling peas I grabbed her leg and said "I wanted to play horsey" And so my sister placed a loop of gloves laying around her ankle Mother said "No" then she got up from the table Walked her steps and tripped As she reached the end of the rope As my mother fell, she knocked a boiling pot off the stove It fell on her head Even though it was July, she was cooking pasta In the shape of little, green Christmas trees Because it was my favorite Mother's face was no more than six inches from mine As she screamed, jerked away the pot And revealed her lovely face Covered in little, green Christmas trees [Instrumental Break] Mother was dead when I woke up Seven years later, my father said that she had become tangled in the cords of the toaster And electrocuted herself as she stumbled around the room Screaming in pain I had goldfish that died one time too... [Chorus] The unseen sister objects The unseen sister protects The unseen sister expected nothing from life And so she X'd from sight