They Might Be Giants - SenSurround lyrics

by They Might Be Giants

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When I was only a zygote

I still remember the time

When there was nothing to know or to think about

Except the sound of my mind

And the sound from outside.

SenSurround

Down at the bottom

Sensible to ear and sternum

And the world first spoke to me in SenSurround.

If mom had known she was expecting,

She might have gone to see Jaws

Instead of picking a film where the sound effects

Came right up through the floor,

And I'd be differently formed.

SenSurround

Down at the bottom

Sensible to ear and sternum

And the world first spoke to me in SenSurround.

Accidently in a coal mine it was found

When they accidently dug too far down

And found the SenSurround.

I still don't know who conceived it,

Or where they got the idea,

But there it was in the aisle by the exit sign,

A woofer covered in wood

to shake the room when it should.

SenSurround

Down at the bottom

Sensible to ear and sternum

Made the fakeness realistic

When the action went ballistic,

One degree shy of sadistic

And the world first spoke to me in SenSurround.

*musical interlude*

If I could swim under the water

without having to breathe,

If I could follow the trail to the ocean floor,

I think I'd know what there'd be

Down there waiting for me.

SenSurround

Down at the bottom

Sensible to ear and sternum

Made the fakeness realistic

When the action went ballistic

One degree shy of sadistic

And the world first spoke to me in SenSurround