Talking Heads - Seen & Not Seen Lyrics
He would see faces in movies, on t.v., in magazines, and in books....He thought that some of these faces might be right for him....andThrough the years, by keeing an ideal facial structure fixed in hisMind....or somewhere in the back of his mind....that he might, byForce of will, cause his face to approach those of his ideal....theChange would be very subtle....it might take ten years or so....Gradually his face would change its shape....a more hooked nose...Wider, thinner lips....beady eyes....a larger forehead.He imagined that this was an ability he shared with most otherPeople....they had also molded their faced according to someIdeal....maybe they imagined that their new face would betterSuit their personality....or maybe they imagined that theirPersonality would be forced to change to fit the new appear-Ance....this is why first impressions are often correct...Although some people might have made mistakes....they may haveArrived at an appearance that bears no relationship to them....They may have picked an ideal appearance based on some childishWhim, or momentary impulse....some may have gotten half-wayThere, and then changed their minds.He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake.
