The Great Nothing

I: From Nowhere

(Instrumental)

II: One Note

One note timeless

Came out of nowhere

It wailed like the wind and night

It sought no glory

It added no meaning

Not even a reason why

No thought

No need to say something

No message to sell

It played without a buzz or a showing

Out of the great nothing

It came without fail

One man with his mind full

Trying to get somewhere

He thought, "Man this thing could fly!"

He had good intentions, even some feeling

He thought, "Lord, I've got to try ..."

No thought

He had to say something

His message would sell

He got a buzz without knowing

Into the great nothing

The boy slipped and fell

III: Come Up Breathing

Come up breathing

Up from the water

Man, he was so submerged

Where's the feeling?

It must be way under

Far from the spoken word

No, no - no corporate ladder

No hometown parade

The fat cats just keep getting fatter

What does it matter

The thing must be played .....

One note timeless .......

Don't let the buzz get you down

Don't lose your memory or you'll sink fast and drown

But you can't seem to sleep for the thoughts in your mind

Since you can't stand to think you have one hell of a time

Hanging with submergers you drink yourself blind

You think it's fine

You've got time ......

IV: Submerged

The boy has got potential

But he's never had commercial success

There's flies in his ointment

There's Stuyvesants and liquor on his breath

We'll have him charge the gate

We'll have to set him straight

We'll have him seal his future fate

Before it's too late

I worked with him closely

It must have been ten years ago

Of all the pains in the asses

He's the worst

I've had the bad taste to know

He's undirectable

Completely uncoachable

But perhaps we can put him

In an altered state

Before it's too late

V: Missed Your Calling

See the writing on the wall

Once the man who had it all

You threw it all away, look around and nothing's left

You've got nothing to forget

No golden yesterday

'Cause you missed your calling

You could have lived up in the sky

You missed your calling every time

Watch the lady throw the rune

Have her come up to your room

She comes from Montreal

There's no limelight only line

And Tequila's made you blind

It's time to lose it all

'Cause you missed your calling

You could have lived up in the sky

You missed your calling one more time

The boy has got potential

But he'll never have commercial success

We gave him good direction

But he always thought that he knew what's best

We tried to set him straight

His calls will have to wait

We tried to change his future fate

But now it's too late

Something keeps telling quiet now, quiet now - quiet now

Mother says quiet down, quiet down - quiet down .........

VI: The Great Nothing

One note timeless

Came out of nowhere

Just when all hope was gone

And nothing matters

But that it's breathing

It ends as it has begun

No thought

No need to say something

No message to run

From the ashes

Out of the great nothing

Without a buzz or a showing

Out of the great nothing

With nobody knowing

It plays on and on ...