Memory Begins Elsewhere Songtext

Swallowed up whole by a tiger
Late, last night, was it 3:34 in the morning?
No one home, maybe the neighbors all want to sleep
But I'm here, I haven't disappeared
Just not sure if any of this should hurt
And there's no reason today to call an ambulance yet
As I think I hear more birds than before
Is that the traffic shuddering on by?
Outside the kids swing their lucky sticks
And there goes my mother holding out my only coat