Odes to Joy

The Loves · Track 28 · middle

The Dinosaur Ranker (Selfless Parental Love)

THE STRANGE MIDDLE

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Lyrics

[Chorus]
I disappeared and got bigger somehow
Traded my name for a hundred small sounds
Every glass I pour is exactly right
I'm the architect of somebody's night

[Verse 1]
I used to read journals on the train
Now I rank the dinosaurs by preference
My brain rewired its whole reward campaign
For a laugh that doesn't care about my reference

I pack the bag like surgery prep
Wipes and snacks in order of emergency
Seventeen things before we leave the step
And I do it like it's some kind of urgency

[Chorus]
I disappeared and got bigger somehow
Traded my name for a hundred small sounds
Every glass I pour is exactly right
I'm the architect of somebody's night

[Verse 2]
People ask me don't you miss the lab
Don't you miss the versions where you mattered
I say buddy I'm the reason that cab
Has a goldfish cracker ground into the leather

My oxytocin runs the whole campaign now
Every priority got rearranged
I didn't lose myself I found the plan how
To be the thing that doesn't need to change

[Chorus]
I disappeared and got bigger somehow
Traded my name for a hundred small sounds
Every glass I pour is exactly right
I'm the architect of somebody's night

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Somebody's night
Somebody's morning
Somebody's whole ridiculous life
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