Gratitude Songtext
von Jez Harris
Gratitude Songtext
It′s a piece of a star that's been
Magma and trees
And air and grass and
Milk and cheese
And now it′s your fingernail
Shiny and blue
You'll bite it off one day
As if it's not you
But everything everywhere
Came from one place
Energy packed in a
Tight little space
Exploded to fill
An unfillable void
Became all we know
Or have ever enjoyed
We′re borrowing matter
We form into brains
To someday return it
As ghastly remains
Someday that′s gonna be
Some other dude
So I smile, I'm kind, and I
Try to show some gratitude
Unless you believe
In a magical guy
Who makes something from nothing
And sits in the sky
You must recognize that there′s
No special time
When life doth emerge from some
Fetus-y slime
We don't just appear
There be no dispute
You were egg within your mom and
Her mom to boot
Life was an unbroken chain
That goes back
As far as we count and way
Further than that
We are that chain
We all are one life
We share every conquest and
Struggle and strife
So try not to be
Too exceedingly rude
I just smile, I′m kind and I
Try to show some gratitude
Your chest is cut open and
Something is beeping
And suddenly stops
As if it's been keeping
Your mind in your body
But now that you′re free
You rise up and float down the
Hall where you see
Things occurring in
Some other rooms
That you couldn't have known
But the beeping resumes
You're back and awake
And recount to a friend
This really did happen
It wasn′t the end
You got a glimpse
You lifted the veil
You came back remembering
Every detail
This happens a lot
Researchers conclude
So I smile, I′m kind, and I
Try to show some gratitude
Stop scrolling, look up
You will not get this day back
Seek love and connection
And forget getting paid back
You are not an oyster
Get out and share your goo
Tell your friends you love them
And they're gonna love you too
Life is an illusion
Perpetrated on the living
The universe is stupid, magic
Violent and giving
You might be gone tomorrow
Have more sex, eat more pie
Everything is fleeting
May as well enjoy the ride
Magma and trees
And air and grass and
Milk and cheese
And now it′s your fingernail
Shiny and blue
You'll bite it off one day
As if it's not you
But everything everywhere
Came from one place
Energy packed in a
Tight little space
An unfillable void
Became all we know
Or have ever enjoyed
We′re borrowing matter
We form into brains
To someday return it
As ghastly remains
Someday that′s gonna be
Some other dude
So I smile, I'm kind, and I
Try to show some gratitude
Unless you believe
In a magical guy
Who makes something from nothing
And sits in the sky
You must recognize that there′s
No special time
When life doth emerge from some
Fetus-y slime
We don't just appear
There be no dispute
You were egg within your mom and
Her mom to boot
Life was an unbroken chain
That goes back
As far as we count and way
Further than that
We are that chain
We all are one life
We share every conquest and
Struggle and strife
So try not to be
Too exceedingly rude
I just smile, I′m kind and I
Try to show some gratitude
Your chest is cut open and
Something is beeping
And suddenly stops
As if it's been keeping
Your mind in your body
But now that you′re free
You rise up and float down the
Hall where you see
Things occurring in
Some other rooms
That you couldn't have known
But the beeping resumes
You're back and awake
And recount to a friend
This really did happen
It wasn′t the end
You got a glimpse
You lifted the veil
You came back remembering
Every detail
This happens a lot
Researchers conclude
So I smile, I′m kind, and I
Try to show some gratitude
Stop scrolling, look up
You will not get this day back
Seek love and connection
And forget getting paid back
You are not an oyster
Get out and share your goo
Tell your friends you love them
And they're gonna love you too
Life is an illusion
Perpetrated on the living
The universe is stupid, magic
Violent and giving
You might be gone tomorrow
Have more sex, eat more pie
Everything is fleeting
May as well enjoy the ride
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