Jane Siberry Symmetry (the Way Things Have To Be) Lyrics

Symmetry (the Way Things Have To Be) Lyrics

...or say you`re in a room 
and there`s a beautiful fire 
and you`re looking out the window 
(at the snow and the winter streets below) 
but your eyes keep returning to the fire  
 
this is what I`m thinking 
the reason your eyes keep returning to the fire 
is because it divides your sight 
into left and right 
and dark and light and dark 
like a fine dividing wire  
 
here`s another thing 
that I noticed last night 
whe he kissed me over there 
he usually kissed me over here, too  
 
I must have known it in my heart 
and with my inner sense of art 
because when I kiss him over there 
I never kiss him over here  
 
it`s the way of the world 
people do it everywhere 
if you`re going to do it over here 
then usually they do it over there too  
 
symmetry is the way things have to be 
symmetry is the way things have to be  
 
or say you`re at a table 
and you have your forks and knives 
do you move them around 
`til you get them just right? 
(this is while you`re talking to someone)  
 
or you work in a nightclub 
and you notice that 
even though you try to seat everyone on one side of the room 
they always spread themselves out evenly from this side to that 
like atoms in a model  
 
it`s the way of the world...  
 
or say you`re in an air show 
and you`re flying with two other pilots 
and you want to do it right 
because you like to do it right  
 
and one guy is flying 
at the tip of your left wing 
and the other guy`s off 
doing his own thing 
would it bother you? 
it bothers me  
 
it`s the way of the world...