John Grant - Rhetorical Figure lyrics

[Verse 1] Some people like alliteration But I know it's been an assonance man Ah eh ah oh ah Ah eh ah oh ah Ah eh ah oh ah ah ah Ah eh ah oh ah Ah eh ah oh ah ah Some people like to go on vacation I decline and conjugate therefore I am Essen-ab-Gegessen Flechten-floght-gefloghten Gieben-goss-gegossen Klingen-klang-geklungen Helfen-half-geholfen [Chorus] If you want to get with me You better have a rhetorical figure A rhetorical figure If you want to get up on this You better have a rhetorical figure A rethorical figure Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) [Verse 2] Epizeuxis, epizeuxis, epizeuxis, epizeuxis We use it a lot, but the spell kind of spooks us You constant employment of an*logy Is a turn on that is certainly not lost on me [Chorus] If you want to get with me You better have a rhetorical figure A rhetorical figure If you want to get up on this You better have a rhetorical figure A rethorical figure Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 3] You're an expert when it comes to using paraprosdokians Unlike so many of your fellow Americans I love the way you use aposiopesis Much more than when you make use of antirrhesis [Chorus] If you want to get with me You better have a rhetorical figure A rhetorical figure If you want to get up on this You better have a rhetorical figure If you want to the truth I prefer a rhetorical figure A rhetorical figure If you want to get up on this You better have a rhetorical figure A rethorical figure Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) Rhetorical figure (rhetorical figure) [Outro] So many people chasing sacagaweas Me I'd rather have a bunch of onomatopoeias Thwap, splat, gurgle, gurgle Thwap, splat, gurgle, gurgle Thwap, splat, gurgle, gurgle Thwap, splat, gurgle, gurgle