The Face Of The Earth Lyrics & Chords By The Dismemberment Plan

As kisses go, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary
The alkaline lips, the fingers hooked around my belt
She had to go... she took a step back and then she started to smile
I heard a funny sound, and everything seemed to shift
A crazy wail, a funny shudder of a bad magnetic event
A ghost ran through us, moving like a shadow of a cloud
I wasn't sure, I thought that something happened but I didn't know what
The moment seemed to fade and I turned my eyes back to hers
That's when I saw, I freeze the look of pre-alert and study it still
Her smile starts to loosen her pupils yawn wide and then she's blown
From the face of the earth
There wasn't any wind, no noise, no nothing, just a body jerked skyward
Limbs flailing like an unloved marionette at impossible speed
Receding away like a far away dot
I can see her still, screamed for help but no one answered
And turning end on end, looming like a long-lost astronaut
I felt the summer air reclaim me, the chirp of a bird, the whisper of leaves
And I was frozen
To the face of the Earth
I never really knew the way she lived her life
I tried a couple numbers but they never called back
I didn't know her family or her friends at all
With no one to call, and summer turning to fall, I gave up
It's been a couple years and I guess I'm fine about it
It's not like we were married it was 3 or 4 months
And nothing's really different though it seems like I've spent my like in planes
Which is kinda strange, but I don't know