(Manifest)
The Weakerthans Lyrics

I want to call requests through heating vents
I desire to transmit my inquiries through heating systems

And hear them answered with a whispered no
And anticipate to receive the answer in the form of a soft decline

To crack the code of muscles, slacken, tense
To decipher the signals of the body, both relaxed and agitated

Let every second step in boots on snow
Allow each pace taken in boots to leave a mark on the snow

Complete your name in accents I can't place
Pronounce your name with an unfamiliar way of speaking

That stumble where the syllables combine
That stutter where the sounds of the words blend together

Take depositions from a stranger's face
Extract evidence from the expression on an unfamiliar person's face

Paint every insignificance a sign
Transform every insignificant detail into a meaningful symbol

So tell me nothing matters less or more
Therefore, explain that nothing as such has more or less value

Say whatever we think actions are
Verbalize our perceptions of what actions convey

We'll never know what anything was for
We will never be certain of the purpose behind anything

If near is just as far away as far
If the proximity of an object is equivalent to its distance from us

And I'm permitted one act I can save
And if I had to choose one action to preserve

I choose to sit here next to you and wave
I would elect to sit beside you and convey a greeting gesture