Wilco - The Joke Explained lyrics

I never held your gaze I never know my place I stare at the eyes staring at my face It always ends in a tie There is no knitting the divide I cry at the joke explained Ah but if I had known If I had known If I had known I would have never believed I never smoked my chain Whoever measures the crest Ah they can have my broken chest It's a staring contest, in a hall of mirrors I sweat tears but I don't ever cry Ah but if I had known If I had known If I had known I would have never believed I never knelt at the news My parrot perished in the pews I climb back into the yolk It always ends in a tie There is no knitting the divide I cry at the joke explained Ah if I had known If I had known If I had known I would have never believed I would have never believed I would have never believed