This web-based presentation begins at

masonweb.gmu.edu/~rnanian/305recitation.html

 

 

 

Different Names for the Same Thing

by Ben Gibbard

Alone on a train aimless in wonder

An outdated map crumpled in my pocket

But I didn’t care where I was going

’Cause they’re all different names for the same place

The coast disappeared when the sea drowned the sun

And I knew no words to share with anyone

The boundaries of language I quietly cursed

All the different names for the same thing

(hear the two verses here)

There are different names for the same thing

There are different names for the same thing

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

There are different names

(hear the conclusion here)

There are different names for the same thing

There are different names for the same thing

 

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