House of 1982 Built Like a Ship

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Feb. 25, 20111 viewer5.4K views

House of 1982 Built Like a Ship Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You were my first experiment
Too bad I'm prone to failure
How can I be a citizen
When all I see are tetrahedrons?
I will never ever get an "F" for effort
That won't bring back my only daughter
I don't mind if I die unidentified
As long as I'm buried in architecture

[Chorus]
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
In the House of 1982, built like a ship
Your legs are like roots
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?

[Verse 2]
I'll tie your eyes together
Even if you sleep forever
If you squeeze my hand again
I'll gladly have a coronary
I will never ever get an "F" for effort
That won't bring back my only daughter
I don't mind if I die unidentified
As long as I'm buried in architecture

[Chorus]
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
In the House of 1982, built like a ship
Your legs are like roots
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?

[Verse 3]
When I lost you, I didn't know what I would do
But then I conceived of what I could be
A family man, inventor and an architect
The primary subject of this inquiry

[Chorus]
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?
In the House of 1982, built like a ship
Your legs are like roots
What are you offering, are you offering
Is it free?

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Like all songs on the album “Buckminster,” this song is about the life of Buckminster Fuller, known best as an architect, and considered by many to be one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.

This song centers around his period of depression, in which he contemplated suicide so that his family could get some money from life insurance.