Zoology of Romance

from (the) Anatomy of Invisible Insects by The Invisible Insects (Sweet Icing)

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Masculinity's a masochistic mask
A sick affinity for false flattery
So don't ever ask or be faced with battery
About exchanged rewards amongst all the cowards
The quid proclivity for familiarity
And inactivity to prevent altering
Echoes hilarity, falls into faltering
A fully dressed rehearsal for a real role reversal

It isn't romance! Is it zoology?

Endless indices of new indecencies
Indulgent industries compiled in the streets
With too much frequency to be deemed indiscreet
Collected as fantasies and declared delicacies
In a sense incensed at default obedience
Described as innocence, hides true profanity
Swapped ingredients, daily mundanity
Aberrations nixed, the formula is fixed

We're all exceptions to each others' rules
There's no perception, it's chemicals in holes
It isn't romance! Is it zoology?
Smiling moronically every time we pass
Playing platonically so neither one can guess
It isn't romance! Is it zoology?

We never knew that fidelity's a plague
And when it blew up, we tilted back the dregs
And he drew up with intentions none too vague
And he threw up his milky milky leg

If I made a mistake, it wouldn't be with you
It wouldn't be the first and it would not be true
It isn't motivation, it isn't mystery
It isn't sacrifice and it don't mean shit to me

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from (the) Anatomy of Invisible Insects, released February 6, 2010

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