Lyrics: So Happy
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Our lineage emanates from an essence now lost to us
Tales too old for modern words, trails of footprints left deep within
Reverberations sound a song whose insistent voice still whispers in
An ancient tongue that seems expediently to have been forgot
Stand and face the rising sun so pale in a swirling shroud of smoke
And track its arc across the dome whose call can still allure
Mark the point of its descent as earth consumes the son of fire
Birth and death become as one, the circle closed and tightening
The spiral thread is becoming frayed
Like sinew off the bone is strained
The ancient motive force betrayed
Things we do not understand were spawned from out the forge of fire
Invented words cannot describe nor best intents begin to contain
Creations cannot help themselves but to dominate their fearful makers
Whose maps fail to convey the exquisite architecture of decay
The scrying glass revelation
An answer leading to rejection
Received wisdom nothing but
Our very own warped reflection
The howling in our brain protests
A searing chorus the mind resents
Hope comes in our willingness
To resolve with the inner sense
Listen…hear…here…
Listen…hear…here…
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Withdrawal
It’s all too much,
This constant flood demanding.
Signal loss amid
drowning division.
The only way to rest
Is to shut down. Now.
Can relief still come?
Too late. Collapse to safety.
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So Happy
Tribes, cliques, mobs, cells, flocks
Marking the time in our clusters enclosed
The screens are raised and the filters are on
Finding safety in agreement, assurance in numbers
Busy, so busy, so absorbed, so detached
So much to attend to, so little of worth
Pushing buttons, reports, stories, dreams, lies
The group will intone its peculiar truth
And numb now to your long imprisoned thirst
A scream long forgotten, now just barely breath
Insulated from others, backs to the world
Furtive, faces down, soldier on, lock step
What victories can be had will be ever pyrrhic
With our laurels in flames we’ll never reveal…
We’re so happy! We’re so happy!
The group imputes a collective plan implied
A path to pinpoint your reflected frown
Push it down, push it in, push it through, push it out
The data doesn't matter because it won’t compute
But something still niggles at the base of the root
Buried deep down in that convoluted brain
Questions go unanswered, vague needs unmet
Read the history of frustration like the rings in trees
You’re tracing your trauma like the ancient paths of stars
Divining a past that lives now as painted scars
Heart empty and hardened, hot head in the clouds
Looking down at the chaos with fear and disdain
Throwing levers that make all the gears turn faster
Churning out a failure that will always betray…
We’re so happy! We’re so happy!
We’re so happy! We’re so happy!
So, so, so… so, so, so… so, so, so… happy!
Happy! Happy! Happy! Happy!
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Moment
Here we are
We are here, now
This moment, once
One time to make right
And then it’s gone
Now…
Feel the time
Slipping so fast now
Hold your breath
The pulse is quickening
And then it’s gone
Now…
Gone…
Now…
Now…
Now…
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