7. Velcro

Intro ] "You stuck to me I stuck to you— ...We stuck together..." [Pre-Chorus ] We were Velcro We were designed to attach We were designed to hold We were designed to be separated with force [Chorus] VELCRO EVERY ATTACHMENT IS TEMPORARY VELCRO EVERY SEPARATION LEAVES FIBERS BEHIND VELCRO I HAVE YOUR FIBERS IN MY CHEST VELCRO YOU HAVE MINE IN YOUR HANDS WE ARE EACH OTHER'S DEBRIS [Post-chorus] The sound of us attaching 8000 hooks per square inch 8000 loops per square inch 8000 opportunities to catch 8000 opportunities to hold 8000 opportunities to tear [Verse & breakdown:] VELCRO THE INVENTOR WAS INSPIRED BY BURRS THE INVENTOR WALKED THROUGH A FIELD THE INVENTOR CAME HOME WITH SEEDS ATTACHED TO HIS PANTS THE INVENTOR LOOKED AT THE SEEDS UNDER A MICROSCOPE THE INVENTOR SAW THE HOOKS THE INVENTOR SAW THE LOOPS THE INVENTOR SAW THE MECHANISM OF ATTACHMENT THE INVENTOR SAW THE MECHANISM OF SEPARATION THE INVENTOR NAMED IT VELCRO VELOUR AND CROCHET VELVET AND HOOK SOFT AND HARD YOU AND ME [Interlude] We walked through a field We came home with seeds attached We looked at each other under a microscope We saw the hooks We saw the loops We saw the mechanism We named it us We named it love We named it temporary [Bridge] VELCRO THE PATENT EXPIRED IN 1978 VELCRO THE TECHNOLOGY IS PUBLIC DOMAIN VELCRO ANYONE CAN MAKE US NOW VELCRO ANYONE CAN TEAR US APART [Pre-Chorus] I still have your fibers They are lodged between my ribs They are woven into my sweater They are stuck to the inside of my dryer They are lint They are evidence They are all that remains of the mechanism [Chorus] VELCRO 8000 HOOKS PER SQUARE INCH 8000 LOOPS PER SQUARE INCH 8000 REASONS TO ATTACH 8000 REASONS TO HOLD 8000 REASONS TO TEAR 8000 REASONS TO HAVE FIBERS LODGED BETWEEN YOUR RIBS 8000 REASONS TO BE LINT 8000 REASONS TO BE EVIDENCE 8000 REASONS TO BE PUBLIC DOMAIN 8000 REASONS TO BE EXPIRED [Post-chorus] You stuck to me I stuck to you We stuck together We were Velcro We were designed to attach We were designed to hold We were designed to be separated with force [Verse] We were separated with force We were separated We are fibers We are lint We are patent-expired technology We are the sound of tearing We are the sound of attaching We are the sound [Outro]