Genius Next Door Lyrics - Far - Regina Spektor

Some said the local lake had been enchanted 

Others said it must have been the weather 

The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet 

But I swear that I could hear the laughter 

So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge 

'Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter 

But the local kids would still go swimming 

Drinking 

Saying that to them it doesn't matter 

If you just hold in your breath 

Till you come back up in full 

Hold in your breath 

Till you thought it through 

You fool 

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The genius next door was bussing tables 

Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels 

Getting high and mumbling German fables 

Didn't care as long as he was able 

To strip his clothes off by the dumpsters 

At night while everyone was sleeping 

And wade midway into that porridge 

Just him and the secret he was keeping 

If you just hold in your breath 

Till you come back up in full 

Hold in your breath 

Till you thought it through 

You foolish child 

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In the morning, the film crews start arriving 

With doughnuts, coffee, and reporters 

The kids were waking up hung over 

The neighbors were starting up their cars 

The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters 

Atheists were praying full of sarcasm 

And the genius next door was sleeping 

Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm 

If you just hold in your breath 

Till you come back up in full 

Hold in your breath 

Till you thought it through 

You foolish child 

Oh 

Oh 

Oh, la, lalalalala 

Oh 

Oh 

Oh, la, lalalalala