it’s five syllables
 and then seven syllables 
then five more, aight dog

 in the news today
 captured on video tape
 a case of road rage

 grade school suicide 
first he shot his principal
 then he shot himself

 wife’s fingers chopped off
 by her husband, with a sword
 now she wants him back

 nine families homeless
 excess gas in a coal mine 
a house exploded

 tensions in Asia
 with North and South Korea 
live from the war room 

one side has the nukes 
the other’s in the bullseye 
beaucoup shock and awe

 all this before noon 
and still some people wonder 
how’s come I do drugs

no I didn’t have the time to face the truth 
looking deep inside your eyes was living proof
 all the ways you gave your love and made it show 
just a kid, I don’t know why I couldn’t grow 
thinking back to all the dreams we never found 
I’d give anything to hear again the sound 
of your breath next to me asleep at night
 don’t I get another chance to get it right 

how long til I see you again 
how long til the loss is a win
 two strong trees bend breaking in the howl of the wind 
somebody tell me how long til we change again 
til we change again 

in the back of my mind I hear you call
 are you sick, are you lost, against the wall
 made a promise and I want to follow through
 turn around, but there’s no one in the room
 and it’s dark and the walls are closing in
 so thirsty, air is getting thin 
chest crumbling, scream but hear no shout 
I’m fading away, flickering out 

how long til I see you again 
how long til the loss is a win 
two strong trees bend breaking in the howl of the wind 
somebody tell me how long til we change again
 til we change again 

hi again, do you still remember me 
or at least a gentle kiss upon your cheek 
summertime and the brightest days are gray 
turned away when I should have begged you stay 
so often all I want to do is cry 
throw my head back and reach out to the sky 
are we dead, are we gone or waiting still 
as the wind blows across the grave I chill

 how long til I see you again 
how long til the loss is a win 
two strong trees bend breaking in the howl of the wind 
somebody tell me how long til we change again 
til we change again

the world wakes up 
everyone’s firing bullets
 face it, this is as good as it gets 
forget the knight on the white horse 
light on the blind course 
humanly discourse 
the mind’s made up 
burn the place down for the money 
take it, this is as good as it gets 
forget a second elation 
a change of the station 
is out of the question
 and I, for one, am glad

 I pray for strength 
everything keeps getting weaker
 trace it, this is as good as it gets
 forget the save of the planet
 whoever planned it 
so we could stand it
 we’ve ran our length 
everyone’s walking the tightrope 
break it, this is as good as it gets 
forget immortal duration
 a lasting vacation 
is out of the question 
and I, for one, am glad 

and if I’m wrong 
well it’s a liar song
 bid it so long

 the world wakes up 
everyone’s taking it easy 
make it, this is as good as it gets 
forget the hopeless confusion 
it’s all an illusion
 unwelcome intrusion 
the mind wakes up 
everyone’s dropping the bullets 
face it, a winner ain’t gotta place bets 
forget the bogus procession 
to prize the concession 
is out of the question 
and I, for one, am glad

 and if I’m wrong
 well it’s a liar song 
bid it so long 
bid it so long

contraindications of an Earth bizarre
 dewdrop children in a house of cards 
easy-come-easy, gotta mark the car 
internet stickers on exploding stars 
insubordination of the working class 
execute fortune in a house of glass 
psychedelic archangel punch the gas
 grab the cash cause it’s going fast

 differentiation as a long lost art 
sanity and reason sent worlds apart 
supplemental people with broken hearts 
tolerance for nonsense off the charts
 welcome to the enterprise, try your luck
 everyone’s a winner baby step right up 

duck season, rabbit season, what the fuck
 I sat rabbit season, shoot the duck 

experimentation on a wounded plane 
bottleneck samurai cut the chain 
no news good no way to explain 
token operation on a broken brain 
disassociation of a foreign code 
high school superman carry the load 
hyperspace demigod lick the toad 
set the tone for we’re leaving the road

 decontamination of on outlaw state 
alphabet renegades lock the gate 
calibrated heretic changes the weight 
temporary poets leak robot hate
 welcome to the storybook, spare a buck
 really need an answer baby make one up

 duck season, rabbit season, what the fuck
 I sat rabbit season, shoot the duck 

you wanna pack a bud, I smoke the reefer
 you roll a roach, I eat the Kiefer
 one way or another we beat the reaper 
throw out the red carpet, start the sweeper 
crank up the funk til it blows your speakers 
no, we’re not no brother’s keepers
 dance, trance out with woodland creatures
 you go your way, we’ll go deeper 

demystification of the whole damn drum
 traumatize many for wants of some 
how far it flew, how fast it flung 
acrobats spitting off the highest rung
 welcome to the disarray, mind the muck 
everyone’s a sinner baby step right up 

duck season, rabbit season, what the fuck 
I say rabbit season, shoot the duck duck season, rabbit season, what the fuck
 rabbit season, rabbit season 
shoot the duck

I went to a party at a friend’s the other night
 nineteen guests, nineteen fights 
I was parking vehicles, I park em in the yard
 nineteen guests, nineteen cars
 everything was going great 
before too long it got too late 
and something went wrong 

I was put on trial by a jury of my peers
 nineteen guests, nineteen fears 
I was feeling guilty and I made it pretty clear 
we had nineteen guests, nineteen beers 
things were looking pretty bad 
I shoulda left while I still had a 
here’s what happened 

I had my head cut off and kicked around the floor 
the friends of mine that did it don’t go near me anymore 
but ever since it happened I can hear a little clearer than before

 I didn’t think they’d go through with it 
I thought it all was just a joke 
but now while I’m trying to make the most of what little 
oxygen is left in my brain 
everybody’s laughing but me 

I went to a party at a friend’s the other night
 nineteen guests, nineteen fights 
I was put on trial by a jury of my peers 
nineteen guests, nineteen jeers 
things were looking pretty bad
 I shoulda left while I still had a
 you know that thing on your shoulders 

I had my head cut off and kicked around the floor 
the friends of mine that did it don’t come near me anymore 
but ever since it happened I can hear a little clearer than before

tried and true as an ocean blue
 see through us and we see through you 
telepathic, no static 
direct transmission underneath the fabric
 sons and daughters, crazy waters
 two-by-two march through the slaughter
 Cirrus Major, danger danger
 we sing in the fog and we talk to strangers 
pee in the pool and sleep in craters
 rock on our bellybuttons, dream in layers 
pass out tryptamine party favors 
radio you saviors 

right as rain we can take the pain
 suck it up, stand down, break the drain
 automatic, nomadic 
track that rabbit all about the havoc 
line up lunatics, dine with dragons 
run over dominoes and crash they cabins 
work for less than minimum wages 
radio you sages

 wait a minute are you saying that you’re in it
 but you don’t see anyone else in town
 take a second to mark a direction 
and make a connection when feeling down 
like a blast from the past you were last in line 
but the first when it turned around 

right as rain we can take the pain 
stand up, suck it down, break the chain 
cinematic, ecstatic 
now we’re so tight it’s systematic 
God and Goddess reign upon us 
show us all what it ain’t to be honest 
judge and jury, mercy mercy 
go to bed late or we’ll wake you early 
hand you the headlines, make em gory 
trip over desire and cross-wire worry 
watch which outlets make you hurry 
water you until you’re furry 

wait a minute are you saying that you’re in it 
but you don’t see anyone else in town 
take a second to mark a direction
 and make a connection when feeling down 
like a blast from the past you were last in line
 but the first when it turned around 
when it turned around

 tricked and tried, flipped and fried 
locked in, strapped down, waiting for the ride 
touch and go, don’t you know 
we don’t even watch for the po-po
 brothers, sisters, twitch your whiskers 
keep your heads up, be vicious tricksters
 scary monster, encore encore 
don’t even look at the teleprompter 
play with your head for a moment longer 
if it don’t kill you make it stronger 
run through the jungle mooning helicopters 
refuse unrefusable

 wait a minute are you saying that you’re in it
 but you don’t see anyone else in town 
take a second to mark a direction
 and make a connection when feeling down 
like a blast from the past you were last in line 
but the first when it turned around 
when it turned around
 when it turned around

I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
the look about you was extremely untied 
I wrapped a gift for you inside some paper from the store 

I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
the moth you tried to save from the fire 

I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
the telephone that rang itself off the wall 
I set your present on the carpet by the nightstand 

I was alone, so alone 
I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
the pillow that I used to save your life
 now you walk in the flowers
 and you swing in the trees
 and you go as you please 
and you’re covered in shadows
 and you’re there at the door
 but you can’t use the floor

 I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 
I was alone but I couldn’t help noticing 

the paper said that you had gone out for some cigarettes
 and that you’d only left the house a little while 
you were alone but you couldn’t help noticing 
the moth I tried to save from the fire 
now you dance in the darkness 
and you swing in the trees 
and you go as you please 
and you go as you please

tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly 

tacit harmony
 high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion 
it’s in the motion 
tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion 
it’s in the motion 
tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion 
it’s in the motion 
tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion 
it’s in the motion 

high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly 
it’s in the motion 

tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion 
it’s in the motion 
tacit harmony 
high as a mountain, wide as an ocean 
fly, if you get the notion