Dismemberment Plan

That's When The Party Started

Dismemberment Plan


Fourteen feet tall, and glassy and pale, and covered in soot 
I don't know who he was or what he was, the question was moot 
I laid in bed, too scared to speak, and watched him watch me 
There was no sound but the crickets outside and the leaves in the breeze, oh 
He lit a cigarette and said, "Your chimney's a bitch. 
I said, "Are you old Santa Claus?
And he said, "You wish, yeah yeah yeah yeah 
That's when the party started as far as I know 
I grabbed a hold of it and never let go 
And if I saw it well then maybe it's so 
Oh, whoa, etc...
Later that year, I swear to god, it happened again, oh 
I was out camping with my baby and a couple of friends, oh 
As we fell asleep I know I saw a light in the east, oh 
Spinning around and changing colors with a weird humming sound, oh 
As it got close I felt my sleeping bag rise from the ground, oh 
When we woke up I was yards from the fire 
Eyes swollen shut, and buried to my waist 
That's when the party started as far as I know 
I grabbed a hold of it and never let go 
And if I saw it well then maybe it's so 
Oh, whoa, etc...
I know I know I know I know I saw him again 
I was out walking my dog and he followed me home, oh 
Fourteen feet fall, a pinstripe suit and the same weird shadow, oh 
He was outside for several weeks and then he vanished again, oh 
I really don't know what to think after twenty-three years 
The only real thing I ever learned is: Maybe it is, if it has so appeared 
That's when the party started-- 
I grabbed a hold of it and-- 
And if I saw it well, then... 
Oh, whoa, etc...