Imitosis Lyrics

*This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the*
*song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.*
Released on March 20th 2007, "Imitosis" is one of the twelve tracks from
Andrew Bird's 3rd album "Armchair Apocrypha". The song consists of several
looped staccato violin tracks and some guitar arrengements that make up an
eclectic atmosphere where Andrew often improvises with his violin in live
performances.
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Lyrics by Andrew Bird
Music by Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh & Chris Morrisey
Key of A minor
CHORDS (low to high)
then play the chord using an up-stroke:
let ring
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VERSE I
He's keeping busy, yeah, he's bleeding stones
With his machinations and his palindromes
It was anything but hear the voice
Anything but hear the voice
It was anything but hear the voice
That says that we're all basically alone
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VERSE II
Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions
When he put his Bunsen burners all away
And turning to a playground in a Petri dish
Where single cells would swing their fists
At anything that looks like easy prey
In this nature show that rages every day
Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder)
It was then he heard his intuition say
We were all basically alone
And despite what all his studies had shown
That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case for mitosis
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy?
Tell me doctor can you quantify?
Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder)
He just wants to know the reason, the reason why
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VERSE III
Why do they congregate in groups of four
Scatter like a billion spores
And let the wind just carry them away?
How can kids be so mean?
Our famous doctor tried to glean
As he went home at the end of the day
In this nature show that rages every day
Am C/G Fmaj7 E (strum louder)
It was then he heard his intuition say
We were all basically alone
Despite what all his studies had shown
That what's mistaken for closeness is just a case of mitosis
Sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis
And why---- do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy?
Well, tell me doctor, can you quantify?
E (strum louder)
The reason why
Am C/G Fmaj7 E ... end on Am