La Dispute - Objects In Spaceterenberg Lyrics
Yesterday alone I laid everything out on the carpetBooks, kitchen things, objectsWith specific purpose or noneArranged them sideways in a gridOn the floor there, unmooredOut of context and then considered itFirst the whole picture, then everything individuallyHumming along at the deadest pace imaginableOne object, then another, and then the nextAnd I wondered what they meant thereIf they meant anything stillFound notes,Camping supplies,A book you bought in the desert,'Identifying Wildflowers'.Pictures from vacations,From parties,Kitschy gifts we bought from rest stopsOn that road trip out WestObjects,Everything itselfAnd then memoryAll of it laid out thereIn the dining roomThe living roomThe hallway, and the basement, and the kitchenFrom that room we called the officeBut never usedIn the bathroomEverything laid out there on the floorOn the carpet, out of contextAnd I sat there for hoursToday I moved everything from the floorTo the table in the dining roomPlaced each thing carefully without reasonOr at least without one I understood or could describeThere, on the table, together and when I was doneI stepped back I realized what I had madeKeepsakes, pictures, lettersOrdinary objects all collected thereA memorialAnd I thought of ones on highways or set by gravestonesAll the things you see there but don't understandBut still bring a remembered thing back vividlyInvoke someone's reality when there togetherIn that place in that way out of contextAnd I knew I had to take it downBefore anybody else sawTomorrow I plan to put them all somewhereThose thingsIn boxesSide of the roadAttic maybeAll these things that push and pull me through historyTo places I once was, places I might have gone,Places I ended up goingPostcardsTicket stubs from one thing or anotherA personalized coffee mug neither your name nor minePhone cards and old phonesA page from an old calendar I bought onceAt a thrift store and insisted on hangingThat cycles of the moon printPhotosOld boots of minePut them in boxesAnd I sat there for hoursIn the living room firstThen in the dining roomMoving things aroundPicking things up and seeing where they took meTo what place in historyWhat moment on our timelineWhere we were, where I was, where I thought we'd end upIn this house or on the highwayDriving somewhere near ChristmasIn the desert or anywhere elseAnd I put them in boxes
