Transmitting Receiving

Horses, wagons, aeroplanes, cars, bathtubs into drains Smartphones, doorbells, refrigerators, pencils, hens, paper Skin, hair, watermelons, alligators, volcanos and super freighters Dust on floors, grease in pores, the food you eat, opened doors From the mountains to the shoes you bought Scissor lifts, toys, rocks, grass, asps, planets, tin, magnets Rabbits, palms, dreams, an ocean of our own air Quarks, stars, defibrillators, blinds, struts, beaks, shocks (Nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating) Tornados, crockpots, kumquats, baseballs, plants both big and small Oysters, muscles, mirrors, walls, EKG, balloons (we are transmitting) Cocoons, macadamias, plankton blooms (we are receiving) Sulfur pools, rivers, ice, steam, patent leather, lice Well, nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Vacuum cleaners, windows, lights, fans, scales, your smart device) (Computers, clocks, drones, clones, trees and stalks) (Moles, trolls, lights at four way stops, spiders) We are transmitting (Mushrooms, atoms and their colliders) We are receiving (Salmon, pinecones, office dividers, mitochondria, caterpillars) Well, nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Packages left at the door, tin cans, the earth's core) (Mustard seeds, turtles, weeds, herds of elk, teeth, you, me) We've been transmitting (Flocks of birds, forest fires, crispy chicken, bengal tigers) We've been receiving Jewelry, lumps of coal, things gettin' pulled into black holes Horses, wagons, aeroplanes, cars, bathtubs into drains But some things aren't visible But some things aren't visible Like yesterday, beams of light, cellphone calls (and tomorrow) Like yesterday, beams of light, cellphone calls (and tomorrow) No, some things aren't visible No, some things aren't visible Beams of light, breath and wind, yesterday (and tomorrow) No, some things aren't visible Vacuum cleaners, windows, lights, fans, scales, your smart device Computers, clocks, drones, clones, trees and stalks Moles, trolls, lights at four way stops, spiders Mushrooms, atoms and their colliders Nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Packages left at the door, tin cans, the earth's core) Always vibrating (Mustard seeds, turtles, weeds, herds of elk, teeth, you, me) We are transmitting (Flocks of birds, forest fires, crispy chicken, Bengal tigers) Nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Horses, wagons, aeroplanes, cars, bathtubs into drains) We are transmitting (Cocoons, macadamias, plankton blooms) We are receiving (Sulfur pools, rivers, ice, steam, patent leather, lice) Well, nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Vacuum cleaners, windows, lights, fans, scales, your smart device) (Computers, clocks, drones, clones, trees and stalks) (Moles, trolls, lights at four way stops, spiders) We are transmitting (Mushrooms, atoms and their colliders) We are receiving (Salmon, pinecones, office dividers, mitochondria, caterpillars) Well, nothing in this world's gonna petrify me, we are repeating (Packages left at the door, tin cans, the earth's core) (Mustard seeds, turtles, weeds, herds of elk, teeth, you, me) We've been transmitting (Flocks of birds, forest fires, crispy chicken, Bengal tigers) We've been receiving (Jewelry, lumps of coal, things gettin' pulled into black holes) (Horses, wagons, aeroplanes, cars, bathtubs into drains) But some things aren't visible But some things aren't visible Like yesterday, beams of light, cellphone calls (and tomorrow) Like yesterday, beams of light, cellphone calls (and tomorrow) Some things aren't visible No, some things aren't visible Beams of light, breath and wind, yesterday (and tomorrow) Some things aren't visible --- Transmitting Receiving - Modest Mouse