no more fiction no more dreams no more schemes only the real no more fun no more fun and i'm one day by day it disintegrates we waste away down here on the earth what do you say when there's only today? let's dance in the rain let's savor the earth no more fun no more escapism no more holding on to that which is gone it's outlived its use no more fun and i'm done day by day how much can you take? i could be wrong but i think it's okay what do you say when there's only today? let's dance in the rain let's savor the earth no more fun no more friction no more arcs no more sparks here's to jumping the shark and what do i know? no more fun

it's not a char it's a burn it's not a burn it's a catastrophe good god what is happening? strike me down it's not a char it's a crime it's not a crime it's retribution good god it's accelerating strike me down (black magic) it's not a char it's evil and light brings the second and the second walks with you it's all encompassing it's not a char it's a scar it's not a scar it's an eternity that's what we're working with strike me down (black magic) it's not too late it's a lie to say that we're beyond redemption now like the phoenix arises purified from the ashes we will emerge greater than ever before knocking on the door demanding our admittance did you ever ask for the winds to howl and the fire to rage for the sky to weep and the earth to quake? did you ever ask for the seas to boil and what's green to turn to grey and for the house to fall and the contract to break (black magic)? yes it's a curse it's a dirge we're in need of a picardy third and until it comes together all shall be pandemonium it's not a char it's madness it's not madness it's mathematics good god what's your method? strike me down (black magic) it's not too late it's a lie to say that we're beyond redemption now like the phoenix arises purified from the ashes we will emerge greater than ever before knocking on the door demanding our admittance don't mess around with black magic it'll strike you down

you make me laugh you make me cry you shine that blue light deep inside you look so good through the camera eye so do you wanna be friends? i really like your style i like the way you smile and help me while away the hours i know your voice more than my own i haven't seen the sun in so long i forgot to be someone so do you wanna be friends? you remind me of a ghost half parasite and half a host i'd like to write you off as such a pixel privateer, a scammer, a fraud still we're both products of our age communication becomes a cage when we're confined to this digital landscape so do you wanna be friends? i know your voice more than my own i haven't seen the sun in so long i forgot to be someone so do you wanna be friends? do you wanna be friends? wanna be friends

i'm thirsty but what am i thirsty for? something sweet something sweet a peach, a plum, a nectarine something sweet something sweet the juices dribble down my cheek something sweet exotic am i giving myself what i really need? something sweet exotic i've been living in this fantasy world full of sugar plum fairies cinnamon bonbons maraschino cherries in this fantasy world this umbral sanctuary i'm comfortable here despite the dead canaries sweet sweet world my little midnight confection on the tip of my tongue sugar of my creation love my fantasy world full of sugar plum fairies i'm comfortable here so don't save me i'm hungry but what am i hungry for? fantasy fantasy something fatty, something lean fantasy fantasy i feel it give between my teeth fantasy piece of meat it's all for me, it's all for me fantasy piece of meat i've been living in this fantasy world full of sugar plum fairies cinnamon bonbons maraschino cherries in this fantasy world home of the momentary i feel a bit off it's getting kind of scary sweet sweet world my little midnight confection just a trick of the tongue sugar of my creation hate my fantasy world those fairy cautionaries i want to get off get ripped it's like sugar it's like cocaine it's a chemical reaction meant to tweak the reptile brain it's like sugar so sugary sweet it's like something so euphoric you don't notice when you bleed it's like sugar it's like cocaine it's a chemical reaction meant to tweak the reptile brain it's like sugar sugar and spice it's so nice until you realize you've wasted your whole life i'm thirsty but what am i thirsty for? water water water water i'm hungry but what am i hungry for? lots of veggies lots of veggies i guess i'm here and, hey, here's me water water sweet sweet water am i giving myself what i really need? homemade vegetarian mushroom burger so long to my fantasy world full of sugar plum fairies cinnamon bonbons maraschino cherries i wish i could say that i had a nice stay but if i have my way i won't be seeing you later fabricated world just an absolute fiction dopamine overrun sugar oh my addiction let my fantasy burn foxfire dog the pixies it's time to move on and get with it

digging a hole through the mantle to the core and no one stops to wonder what we're doing digging a hole it's the only thing we know after all it keeps the blood flowing there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied digging a hole find a bit less than a year ago if it's important someone surely must be manning course correction digging a hole they say the top brass want what's found below if it's important fate then surely must ordain a hero there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied all for nothing you threw it away like it was nothing just threw it away all for nothing you threw it away straight into the garbage then into the grave all for nothing you threw it away like a sock full of holes just threw it away all for nothing you threw it away like an old piece of fruit there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied there's gold in those hills whispered a promise on the wind there's gold in those hills the voice lied

there's a new moon there's a new me don't you believe in gravity? don't you know that things are going exactly how they're meant to be don't you know your fate was forged by gravity? by gravity who am i? i am the kung fu kid check out my sick kicks as i do a backflip over my enemies who am i? i am the greatest swordsman just try to follow this as i flick my wrist to cut a slice of bacon there's a new moon there's a new priest peddling his blasphemy doesn't he know that the whole the point is the mystery? it's the witnessing and the resisting of gravity resist that gravity who am i? i'm an ancient pictish king scope my dope digs as i thinker pose scratch my chin and ponder metaphysical things who am i? i am the child of destiny i'm right where i'm meant to be with eternity ahead of me justice is the remedy who am i? who are we? 3 2 1 liftoff my heart flies sky high like apollo 11 my heart flies sky high like apollo 11 tell me a story that i can believe in tell me a story that i can believe in my heart flies sky high like apollo 11 my heart flies sky high like apollo 11 humankind must be destined to fly sky high all the way to heaven hail cruithne at last ye have returned before ye pass regale us with some tales on your sojourn all glory to cruithne great merriment and mirth let's hold a celebration for cruithne's back to earth who am i? i'm just a regular guy trying to get by underneath a moonbeam spotlight

i have been a creature of the night for so long i have gone without protection seeking pleasure i had sold my soul to the psychic abuser i have neglected my body my mind my spirit all for a moment of unbeing a lie illusion of meaning and there must be repercussions for chasing the fleeting there's a pain in the gut i might throw up my god what have i done maybe i wanted to die put an end to the three ring be done with self and get back to everything but that's not how this works it's just a farewell to memory then a birth of new suffering it's a game it's a test i won't claim to understand if it's just a side effect or a part of a larger plan some preparation the only thing i believe is this all will happen again in some other body some other perspective all the pain and the love will be re-experienced now i have become pregnant with myself somebody save the life of my child i am very scared but i'm also excited we could play in the park and then go out for ice cream but not too much ice cream baby needs greens to grow up big and strong i'm getting ahead of myself there's no virtue in wistfulness might as well indulge in liquor and cigarettes leave an inheritance pass down my brokenness there's a pain in the gut i might throw up my god what have i done no what am i thinking that is the wrong thing that is the wicked thing that's irredeemable i'll pick myself up if only for your sake you deserve better than what i can give i'll exercise twice a day i'll be future minded and if i start to break i will invoke your name my son my reason in some other body some other perspective all the pain and the love will be re-experienced now i have become pregnant with myself somebody save the life of my child hallelujah

you gotta run before you can fly you gotta crawl before you can smile we need the moon to shine a spotlight you gotta live before you die this elevator elevates me this elevator sets me free wait don't go fight for control pray to the sun and take some notes play it day by day and try to learn from your mistakes if there's a glimmer of hope let's try to hold it you gotta fall before you pick yourself up you break the bone so that it grows back strong you take the risk that you could lose it all you must be free or life is false this elevator elevates me this elevator sets me free this elevator invigorates me but this elevator has no safety sometimes i think this elevator hates me oh no you gotta run before you can fly you gotta crawl before you can smile we need the moon to shine a spotlight you gotta live before you die this elevator elevates me this elevator is my machine wait don't go fight for control pray to the sun and take some notes play it day by day and try to learn from your mistakes look! there's a glimmer of hope! oooh! here she comes!

it's just about time for an apology tour gotta get myself straight with the world but failure is comfortable it's an alluring default standing here at the precipice i stare into abyss as the shrieking from the vacuum dulls all of my senses now i take a step back to acknowledge who i'm riding with and how could you look at me like that when i need all of your wrath? he sadly asks is this your wish as all surroundings now diminish and paralysis has me in it's grips tell me what am i meant to do with this? she's screaming listen to her wail she's showing us her tough love she's just trying to help she's screaming she's about to flip the table we're in for a rude awakening she won't post our bail i've been keeping tabs on the disaster and in the disaster getting lost this could be the big one is it just me or is it getting kind of hot? every plane that's flying overhead could be the one that brings the payload and i expect each sunrise to be that blossoming mushroom cloud yeah, i've been replaying the train wreck i'd like to think it helps to sooth my anxious mind where the fabric starts to shimmer that's a place i'd like to find and it goes smash and it goes crash and it goes bang the world explodes around me now i'm going down i'm dropping out i'm breaking up my body can't contain myself in fact i don't feel so great at all i'm sick and i'm addicted to the sickness it makes for a good excuse not to have to engage with it i'm sick and it constricts the spirit and i know that one way or another this is what i wanted i need thyme tea with honey chicken soup with cayenne a little self respect and a reason to live panacea i invoke thee excise this ailment from me salt the earth where the roots of disease grow deep i'm sick and i'm really leaning into it i'm flirting with the gaping mouth of endless emptiness i'm sick diagnosis human condition like a leaf gotta learn what it means to follow the wind i need thyme tea with honey chicken soup with cayenne a little self respect and a reason to live i need time, team, and money drive, guts, and a plan a little help along the way and an unrelenting vision panacea i invoke thee excise this ailment from me salt the earth where the roots of disease grow deep holy lady here before me hath i not been faithful to thee? humbly now i ask your favor grant onto me panacea i invoke thee thrice thou now i've called upon thee smite the demon cultivator of unholy ennui eudaimonia know i need thee fill the empty hole inside me mold me into something useful for humanity it's just about time for an apology tour gotta claw back into the world while failure is comfortable i need an alternative he sadly asks is this your wish as the physical ascends into our midst why sad, i ask, and this he replies here it'll always be a little sad i guess she's screaming listen to her wail she's showing us her tough love she's just trying to help she's screaming she's about to flip the table we're in for a rude awakening she won't post our bail she's crying she's howling at the moon she's doing everything she can and some she cannot do she's raving she's ranting she's breaking down the door she's doing everything she can and more than i deserve from her and she's screaming oh she's screaming breaking down the door

got a lot to atone for been engaged in forbidden yogas feeling guilty feeling so sore no choice left but pushing forward it's 3 am and i can't fall asleep suddenly the barred owl starts to speak to me he flies in on a spotlight of moonbeam instead of a hoot he opens his beak and tells me "pain is temporary. welcome to the new sincerity." now things are so absurd now you're talking in the language of the birds so much in so few words that's the nature of the language of the birds forget all you have learned now you're rocking in the language of the birds spread your wings and look skywards now you're flocking to the language of the birds and now for all the world to see suddenly the loon doesn't seem so loony he's a pretty cool dude and he's here to teach us how to be free he says, "pain is temporary. step on through the singularity. i know the changes can be scary. but it'll be ok, I've seen it all before. after all I used to be a dinosaur. yeah!" day by day we dance for rain we condensate back down to the earth and in our own way we celebrate this mystery this magic we've been given day by day we dance through space we find our place down here on the earth and in our own way we negotiate this mystery this magic that we're livin' day by day we dance for tidal waves get lost in exile we wander the earth and in our own way we reciprocate this causal chain this stimulus reaction now things are so absurd now you're talking in the language of the birds so much in so few words that's the nature of the language of the birds forget all you have learned now you're rocking in the language of the birds spread your wings and look skywards now you're flocking to the language of the birds now it all comes unfurled now you're dancing in the language of the birds the illness now is cured by the chanting in the language of the birds boundaries begin to blur we're romancing in the language of the birds lift your voice and join the world sing along in the language of the birds day by day by day by day by day by.... day by day by day by day by day by.... chickadee-dee-dee-dee koo koo kachoo who cooks for you? kookaburra sits in the old gum tree merry merry king of the bush is he laugh kookaburra laugh oh how gay his life must be kookaburra sits in the old gum tree merry merry king of the bush is he laugh kookaburra laugh peace and love and harmony