Throwing Off Glass

"Why is the world so creepy?", she asked After a car full of haircuts drove past A backseat full of the boys I told her that, It isn't That, that it's exquisite But like love, it has it's barbarous threats Still in spite of the cads And the stoop-shouldered teens I know I'm losing you I know what that means, yeah I told her that it isn't That it's real exquisite But like love, it can have it's Stubbed-toe effects And juts like after she heard the word, 'Iridescent' And everything was iridescent for awhile It wasn't long before she exalted out of nowhere Isn't this exquisite?' Once you've said, 'mmm' in unison And, 'oh' in double surprise And shared relief with a mutual, 'phew' And a look in each others eyes I tell her that is isn't, insisted that it isn't Because like love it has too-cunning effects, yeah I told her that it isn't that it's just exquisite Because like love it has it's barbarous threats "Why is the world so creepy?", she asked After a car full of haircuts drove past A backseat full of the boys Breaking glass, throwing off glass --- Throwing off Glass - The Tragically Hip