I am one big walking chemical reaction
A buzzing hive of cell synapses and nascent self perception

Isn't it disdainful and curious
That both of us think we know everything

We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
One in the same
Two of a kind
And neither of us can see

I am just a blinking neon roadside attraction
I sow future wrinkles and I'm told I'm tapped potential

Isn't it disdainful and curious
That both of us think we know everything

We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
One in the same
Two of a kind
And neither of us can see

I am one big fleeting errant contradiction
So good to meet you we are one in the same

Isn't it disdainful and curious
That both of us think we know everything

We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
We both have pains
We both have eyes
(Neither of us can see)
One in the same
Two of a kind
And neither of us can see


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Neither of Us Can See Lyrics as written by Brandon Charles Boyd Benjamin Lee Kenney

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    I like a lot this song.......Brandon's voice complements perfectly with crissie......well. I think the song tells how they are so proud and think that they pass through all in this life.... But then they meet each other....and they know that have to be togheter,,,,but them own pains dont allow it....they are blind.. i dont know if it is that........but i like the song...

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