What Does the Normal Man Feel? - Nation of Language

Hello sense of wonder, sense of wonder

All the evidence of love and loss

Endlessly forgot

Counting down the number, down the number

Of the seconds til you turn it off

Seconds til you’re off

I’m free from it

What does the normal man feel?

Hello sense of wonder, sense of wonder

All the tenements of love that fall

To venomous applause

Counting down the number, down the number

Of the vanities you’ve burned and lost

Vanities you’ve lost

I’m free from it

What does the normal man feel?

Can I find it inside myself?

Tell me what does the normal man feel?

I’ve gotta know, what does the normal man feel?