The Faint Follow

I heard a bone snap
When I was only 'bout 9
The laws of gravitation
Were in advance a while
But not long before they taught me a lesson
In tough skin jeans like a Japanese Hessian

I was 70 pounds
Learning to fly
I knew I couldn't do if I didn't try

We called it "the field"
Where we used to hang out
A field of alfalfa in the back of our house

With a slice of an old oak tree
And a twelve-foot plank
Put the board on top
We got a flying machine!

Oh my god! We can teeter on this!
Or make a lever that can shoot me
Into orbit and space!
I've seen the circus
I know how they do it

With bent knees
You got to jump
Like you would from a trampoline

Strange phenomenon
Strange phenomenon

We got up a ladder
And the heaviest kid
He would climb up top
And count down like a rocket ship
To fly me up
He'd get to T-minus zero
Before he jumped

And I was shot high in a vertical catapult
Straight up and down
I remember the view
From over top of the house

Gravity seems weak
Until you look down

I got in position
I had impeccable form
If the judges were present
They'd be holding up score cards
Of 9's and 10's
I must've lost a couple points
For the landing I did

I heard a loud snap
But it didn't hurt
I looked the neighborhood
It looked like earth
But everybody's acting weird
Are they on meds?
Eating peanut butter sandwich
In a hospital bed

I started noticing
Strange phenomenon
(I started noticing)
Strange phenomenon
Is this planet the same one that I've been on
Everybody's bizarre and irrational
Even nurses on the quiet seem a bit off

Strange phenomenon
Everybody's deranged and I wonder what
Happened the day that I fell from the sky
If nobody changed then it must've been mine