[Instrumental]
Summoning courage,
He's lost on the road. Lost where the Orphans Could not go. The Pretender fell back To get some troops. But Bill isn't hindered While en route. He's got to get there, But he doesn't know how. With concentration on his soul, He furrows his brow. He tried to remember What the Orphans told him. And sickened with self, He pukes up sin. Soon he feels A slit in his forehead. Which throws away A natural thread. Out of this slit Comes his knowledge and light And Bill remembers What the Orphans said that night. "Bill, you have got to go on. Meet the Asthmatic Lizard past the Frightened Sun. He'll make you a postman, warning the children. And he'll lend you a companion, The Other. Take her. Your job. Your destiny. Your fate. The Pretender won't stop. Create the syzygy. The three." [Beads and pencils.
Latex and petals. A vase and cups.*] A baby's throw-up. You captivate yourself. Lice on your head, You don't know they're dead. It's not what you wanted, It's still what you got. Don't talk back to father, He'll just treat you like fodder. Just come back to me. He'll punish insanity. Rubber and trees. Hell's on leave. Harrows in lungs. Filthy, dirty suns. The judge and laws. That lion has paws. A freak-show among stars, Biblical dirt in jars. Don't follow me. I'm just a servant, see? Charismatic butlers, Old, decrepid jongleurs. You incapacitate yourself. You'll choose a path some day, But you don't know which way As your mind turns to clay. On yours knees; pray. Underestimated air, The marcher hits his snare. A snake rolls on the grass, Please just don't let it pass. Killing all of time, Slagging your mind. Jurisdiction defenders Realize they're offenders. Monkeys all in a row, Get ready to throw your stones. Laugh as you stone them. Bring it so it gets hemmed. *[Written by friend, Sarah] And here I am,
At the top of nothing. A joke machinated by the stars. A lonely place, these empty halls. And here's the punchline; I'm just the servant following. A cosmonaut in the now. A cosmonaut in the Northern Nothingness. Gather round, The Orphans have been dead. Left alone, crying on the beach. Shamefully, I made my way north. And here's what kills me; I was meant to be the savior. A cosmonaut of heroism. A cosmonaut in the Northern Nothingness. But I was named to be the one, Like a settler of a new-born sun. But it's not what I'd expected to see; The leaders here have awakened peace. But I was named to be the one, Like a settler of a new-born sun. But it's not what I'd expected to see; The leaders here have awakened peace. If you want someone (To be the Cosmonaut) I will become the one (To be the Cosmonaut) I shedded all my fears (To be the Cosmonaut) When I entered here (To be the Cosmonaut) When I entered Northern Nothingness. There they are,
Faces covered in mud. Like children at play; Being borne of clay. I am the Cosmonaut. Am I ready? I'm not. Like a light in the mist, I've arrived in Northern Nothingness. And here I am... And here I am... And here I am... Bill... And yes you're falling,
All over the crowd. And yes you're falling, All over Earth. And yes you're calling, For your sunshine. And yes you're calling, For your disapparition. And yes you're clearing From this big, blue sky. And yes you're clearing The dirt from your mind. And yes you're failing, But that's all okay. Because soon these clouds Will up and dissipate. But yes, I am free From the witches of brimstone. And yes I am free From the reprisal of my past. And yes I am calling For my sunshine. And yes I am falling All over Earth. And yes you realize That this is not Your final traverse. I'm telling you all right now,
I'm breaking away from this charge. I'm telling you all right now, There's a defiler in all of us. So tell me that there's no war, That nothing can expire us. Regal commands for the meek Will leave us all enslaved. What is it that'll push you To become elevated? Assuming you have love for this, I'm hoping that you'll say "soon." But I trapped myself in these clouds, Can someone please come change me? |