The Ballad Of Radiant Phaedrus

The past and the future are swirling around in my head

If belief is emotion and trust is a choice, we're all dead

I don't know how we'll fight World War Three, Miss President

But the fourth will be with sticks and stones if we're not blown to bits

I can't recall what the child astrophysicist said

But I've read the books and the papers and the internet

More human consciousness than one man should try to collect

For progress and freedom too much beautiful blood has been bled

Harry Harlow, that fucker put me and my dog in a cage

He said that you must die alone if you want to be great

There's no amount of genius that I wouldn't trade

I think truth might be different than knowledge, I won't isolate

I fell asleep standing up twice already today

Dreamt that my Joseph came home with a smile on his face

Both love and hatred take seats at the table and say

Give us your wine and your bread, we're not going away

Edward and I dropped some acid and swam up the stairs

I saw the Sun split the ocean and I didn't care

Who all was watching me stumble, I met myself there

And it's people with unopened minds who are truly impaired

Buddha weeps under a willow and pulls out his hair

Smoke what grows next to you; things you enjoy always share

They paid me to burn down his village and poison the air

Son, there's no room for your dreams in the land of despair

Naked we came and so naked we climb into beds

With a man or a woman, we all must bear our own regrets

I found a beauty I don't want to leave or possess

Tonight I'll just hold her and let Radiant Phaedrus rest

If women are unequal objects built only for sex

Who cares if the baby is starving? Please cover your breasts

Don said he's famous enough to reach under her dress

Decency died on the cross next to Jesus, I guess

Give me a second, the cold front came quickly this year

You aren't cursed, you're careless with the folks that you claim to hold dear

Speak truths to strangers, but treat all your friends insincere

Roll down the road and become what your family fears