Lyrics The Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces

My Egyptian Grammar

I never thought it could've happened to me

I never thought it could've happened to me

But on the morning of my eldest daughter's second

wedding, I blacked out

They said it was just stress, but I don't think so

I couldn't remember the fifteen minutes before

A white haired half Samoan girl from Darwin,

gave me a ride it seems she let me the car in

But what it was she said, I couldn't say

Now that clearly didn't happen, I consulted my Egyptian

grammar

On page 3333 was the hieroglyph for motorcycle helmet

I combined this with a leather-back's shell, as I felt

I was instructed

I Xeroxed it, and posted it down by the bike lock ups

at the oriental institute

Maybe another world entity would see it and pass it on

to those responsible

That kind of thing must happen sometimes

Now that clearly didn't happen, I consulted my Egyptian

grammar

On page 4428 was the hieroglyph for French canal boat

I met on the Midway someone channeling up a whatever it

wasn't

There are 17 sections of cymbals in the orchestra of

the oversold, it said

Your youth is lost and doesn't it now seem you can't

make smoke, only steam?

Now that clearly didn't happen, I consulted my Egyptian

grammar

On page 5566 was the hieroglyph for a blue jay