IT’S A PARADIGM WITHIN A PARODY
IT’S A TV VERSION OF REALITY
IT’S THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT WE NEVER SEE
NOT THE WAY THINGS REALLY ARE
BUT HOW THINGS APPEAR TO BE
IT’S A PRETTY FACE IN A MAGAZINE
IT’S A TABLOID LESSON IN HUMANITY
IT’S THE COMMON GOOD OF DUPLICITY
NOT THE WAY THINGS REALLY ARE
BUT WHAT WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE
WE’RE SUFFOCATING
TRUTH IS RUNNIN’ THIN
WE’RE GOIN’ VERTIGO WITHIN
THIS SPINNIN’ BUBBLE
PRESSURE’S RISIN’
NOTHIN’S WHAT IT SEEMS
IT’S LIKE A BIG DAY DREAM
WITHIN THIS SPINNING BUBBLE
IT’S THE SAVING GRACE OF DICHOTOMY
IT’S THE TELEVANGELISTIC MONEY TREE
IT’S THE HOLY CHURCH OF HIGH SOCIETY
NOT THE WAY THINGS REALLY ARE
BUT WHAT WE WANT ‘EM TO BE
CHORUS
IT’S FLOATING, IT’S SWIRLING, IT’S UNDULATING
THIS EVER-SHIFTING AIR WE’RE BREATHIN’
DREAMIN’, BELIEVIN’ IN AN ALTERED REALITY
SUCKED INTO THE SCHEME OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MALADY
THIS SINISTER SKIN IS SHOCKINGLY THIN
THAT WRAPS THIS HOLLYWOOD PROP WE’RE LIVIN’ IN
WHERE ILLUSION IS KING AND PERCEPTION IS QUEEN
AND THE ONLY THINGS REAL ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE UNSEEN
IT’S ERRATIC, IT’S DRAMATIC, IT’S LIKE SUPER ELASTIC PLASTIC
AND YET IT’S ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN THE GLAM OF THE SHAM
AND THE VERTICAL REALM OF THE SOUL OF A MAN
WHERE THE ANSWERS WE SEEK AND THE TRUTH THAT WE NEED
ARE WAITING FOR THOSE WHO WILL CLEARLY OPPOSE
THE UNCLEARLY UNCLEAR
TO DISCOVER THE PAUSE
TO SIMPLY BREAK OUT
BREAK OUT OF THE BUBBLE, THE BUBBLE
