Window Lyrics - Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple

I was staring out the window 

The whole time he was talking to me 

It was a filthy pane of glass 

I couldn't get a clear view 

As he went on and on 

It wasn't the outside world I could see 

Just the filthy pane that I was looking through 

So I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

Better that I break the window 

Than him or her or me 

I was never focused on just one thing 

My eyes got fixed when my mind got soft 

It may look like I'm concentrated 

On a very clear view 

But I'm as good as asleep 

I bet you didn't know 

It takes a lot of it away if you do 

So I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

Better that I break the window 

Than him or her or me 

I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

Better that I break the window 

Than him or her or me 

Because the fact being that 

Whatever's in front of me is coverin' my view 

So I can't see what I'm seeing in fact 

I only see what I'm looking through 

I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

It was in my way 

Better that I break the window 

Than forget what I had to say 

So again I've done the right thing 

I was never worried about that 

The answer's always been in clear view 

But even when the window's clean 

I still can't see for the fact 

That when it's clean it's so clear 

I can't tell what I'm looking through 

So I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

Better that I break the window 

Than him or her or me 

I had to break the window 

It just had to be 

It was in my way 

Better that I break the window 

Then forget what I had to say 

I had to break the window 

It was in my way 

Better that I break the window 

Then forget what I had to say 

Or miss what I should see 

Or break him or her or me