Making it up as I go along And I’ve got no reason for what I’m doing You don’t get a word in, not even if it’s edgewise And when I break through you’ll be asking "Who let you in?" I’m on a meteoric rise Take off my disguise I’m on a meteoric rise Climb on a comet, I’m iconic on it I’m on a meteoric rise Bottle of wine exploding on the bay dock I stand on the shoulders of me and me alone You can take a backseat, your hot air’s fogging up my vision And yeah! you can borrow my time girl vis-à-vis a loan I’m on a meteoric rise Take off my disguise I’m on a meteoric rise Climb on a comet, I’m iconic on it I’m on a meteoric rise Burn those bridges! Cut those ties Lack a grip Headfirst dive I’m on a meteoric rise Take off my disguise I’m on a meteoric rise Climb on a comet, I’m iconic on it I’m on a meteoric rise Take off my disguise I’m on a meteoric rise Climb on a comet, I’m iconic on it I’m on a meteoric rise

No time to breathe, yeah It's too hard to sleep, yeah And now the doubt and how they're gonna make it through the night Well, smoke on the water Is changing it's color It's turning deeper purple, gonna make me feel all right My head is all stopped up The ladder is locked up But if you're clever you'll MacGyver something to the top We'll keep it a secret Don't make it a regret Or I can tell you might as well just take it to the ground If ever you wonder how far you'll go Just look at your brothers outside the door And take it from me, kid, you can do worse The sooner you free fall, the sooner you'll be back upon the saddle of your adolescent horse The word on the street is You got a new treatise But writing words are fighting towards a different kind of form Get lost in the theory It's dark and it's eerie You forfeit to the bullshit when you throw up on the wall My bed is on fire The milk is expired A psycho killer might just the fill the words I'm thinking of So put down the pencil And turn down the tinsel And leave your house and figure out a different way to work If ever you wonder how far you'll go Just look at your brothers outside the door And take it from me, kid, you can do worse The sooner you free fall, the sooner you'll be back upon the saddle of your adolescent horse If ever you wonder how far you'll go Just look at your brothers outside the door And take it from me, kid, you can do worse The sooner you free fall, the sooner you'll be back upon the saddle of your adolescent horse

We're talking jet black, slicked back His presence is a smokestack Rose knot, face taut A chimney of cologne Suede shoes, paid dues Takes the cake for snake dudes Best part is he thinks he's made it on his own And sometimes I feel like a Ferris wheel operator Standing tangent to the circles people try to run around me The next one's a "best one" Classic case of Chek's gun Abiding and hiding What little depth he's got Exiled his smile He's got it on speed dial Why enjoy yourself when it may be all for naught? And sometimes I feel like a Ferris wheel operator Witnessing the rise and fall of those who want the easy way up A baker and a scientist, he's getting sick of trying shit Silver-tipped executive on the line, shouting at himself to pass the time The ladder's legs are quivering, your lips are quaking, shivering Lucratively lubricating the line, screaming at yourself to pass the time A no-thought, robot Stuck waiting for "go dot" Grazing and raising His image in her eyes Ration his passion It's time to quit and cash in He becomes the one that he chose to sacrifice Screaming at yourself to pass the time (x4)

Angry sun Tell me why, why do you run? It's been worlds since I've seen you with a smile on your face Glad to wait with you for the wind Favorite sun You can tell has the most fun Years and years they go by but nobody changes much We'll soon learn what life has in store Hey! Everyone Has the same fear Armageddon is here and He goes by but one name Angry sun

I'm behind the scenes but can still hear the echoing Ringing in my ears The tinnitus is loud but don't measure it in decibels Measure it in years Your name in lights is reserved for enthusiasts Slowly losing time I'm behind the scenes but can still hear the echoing Off my passing prime Everyone plays 'til they lose Entertainment is bemused Have the bottle or the booze Verify the olds and news until you're sure that you've got someone you're not The Maine event has a slogan and a deafening Pulitzer for distress The paper decays due to dotage and inanity The jaundice of the press Liars and thieves celebrate artistic liberties They bear away the bell The Maine event has a slogan and a deafening Empty hollow shell Everyone plays 'til they lose Entertainment is bemused Have the bottle or the booze Verify the olds and news until you're sure that you've got someone you're not Everyone plays 'til they lose Entertainment is bemused Have the bottle or the booze Verify the olds and news until you're sure that you've got someone you're not

And I said I don't want it anymore And he said it's not that easy Da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da Lines are lines and I know how to reach four Just give it time and it's behind you Oh, it feels so good to be drawn by you I'll buy it back for it's worth I don't care And she said she can't write it anymore But that doesn't answer my question Twenty-four hours and I still wonder How did we get here? But no surrender lends itself to One happy new year To be so kind as to give all you have Just close the door if it's too heavy Oh, it feels so good to be drawn by you I'll buy it back for it's worth I don't care

I. WARP DRIVE Whose job is it to get us home okay? There are planets of creatures just trying to kill you The chances of survival are a million of you to one Whose words are they that end up on our grave? There are doctors in hospitals trying to cure you The needles in their pockets are just trying their best to sting And yet I still sing II. PEBBLE IN MY SHOE Oh, pebble in my shoe How do I love you Oh, pebble in my shoe How do I love you It hasn't been so rock and roll since you came around I'm tripping out of action now with you back in town Blood in your hair, skin on the street I'm too hot to kill but just too cold to beat Oh, pebble in my shoe How do I love you Oh, pebble in my shoe How do I hate you You're running out of commas so I dictate your speech You're fucking all the brothers that live down at the beach Your mouth's running dry, your skin I can read I'm so far behind so bring me up to speed III. ALL THAT I SAW WAS DUST I opened my eyes, yeah, and all that I saw was dust And wrapped 'round your fingers was hair that I dare not trust But I can't trust your anecdotes 'cause you throw caution to the window And I we know you're adipose so you might want to run I knocked on the door but it looks like there's no one home I looked in the windows and everything there was chrome Well, duck and cover's not so tough with legs like yours and eyes like mine So tell me when you've had enough and we will try to run IV. MY FRIENDS May I introduce you to my friends They're pretty but with minds all of their own And if you share some diamonds in our pockets We will share with you our thrown V. THE BOAT OF SOCIAL SUICIDE Welcome to the life inside the boat of social suicide Pardon all the ink, I think he's done with her too And all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters Well he just might be feline but he's relying on his good Songs to bring him back home Words that belong on his page Lips that fit into her heart An end to the end of our age VI. CATS This one's for all the cats out there who preferred me in the past You know I tried to stay that way but it wasn't gonna last With five note melodies, four year memories, three songs like Angry Sun Hope this is musical to your ears, it sure does reek of one And I don't wanna be Jason Robert Frost I got a little phrase for you: opportunity cost And no matter how you define it, I've got amnesty But here you go, ladies and gentlemen, your calamity VII. BIG HOUSE Go get a big house and a fancy car (x3) Go get a big house I want a big house and a fancy car (x3) I want a big house I got a big house and a fancy car (x3) I got a big house! Yeah! Oh! VIII. ANOMALOUS If you wanna be an anomaly, you gotta act like one (x16)