Kleenex Girl Wonder Impossible Shadow
[Verse 1]
Cold sweat censure, lucid breath or unknown
Consequence of philosophical battles
Don't forget the emotional stress of being frozen to death
In an impossible shadow
One finger on the button, one foot in the grave
Don't linger on the destruction, think of the joy you gave
Hours and hours of constructive discussion, powerful turns of phrase
And more than anything or less than nothing, all the damned souls you saved
[Verse 2]
A couple bucks, it's buy one get one so double up
Sometimes it's fun to be comfortably numb
That way when the empire crumbles to dust
You just bow your head and cluck your tongue
A lot of ideas get lost to the ages and nobody seems to bother
Secrets locked in museums or coffins, people are shocked
But at least they got options
[Bridge 1]
Most choose to believe what they read
(See no evil, speak no lies)
And numbers give you the illusion of safety
(Hear no reason, close your mind)
It's buried in your subconscious, baby
(Touch no body, smell no smoke)
I wouldn't get inside your head if you paid me
(Make no money, tell no jokes)
I sense the timing is a huge liability
(Fight your urges, sleep all day)
Get a little exercise in futility
(Be without purpose, feel no weight)
Oh, God, please stop it, you're killing me
(Burn your belongings, exhale)
Why open your eyes if you're still asleep?
(Be strong, dream on, and set sail)
[Verse 3]
Yeah, life comes at you fast and it's tough to react if you're stuck in the past
So don't look back, the ocean is vast
And you've grown too attached to the crows and the rats
And the grass and the ghosts and the roast of the glasses
You have to have noticed the glow's getting flattened
But as you get older, you're focus defracts
So slowly you don't even know that it's happened
Wham, just like that, you get stabbed in the back
A random attack you couldn't have predicted
Oh drat, blood flows from the gash
While the encroaching blackness eclipses your vision
After the fact, you won't boast at the laugh
What a hopeless romance, the human condition
Actual tragedy, angery, vanity
Panic and nastily brutish concision
[Bridge 2]
Tides shift in the blink and an eye so
(Count your chickens when they hatch)
If you're patient, break the cycle
(Count your [?] mission, face facts)
It's a long, lonely road, honey, I know
(Just mind your own business and make plans)
You're entitled to change your mind, though
(You can fly home the instant things collapse)
Your energy is bound to plateau
(A little persistence goes a long way)
Don't get hung up on the facts or the pathos
(Give 'em the gist, let 'em know it's okay)
To use a little caffeine or tobacco
(As long as you're quick and your clothes are on straight)
You'll escape the impossible shadow
(Call it what it is, and call it a day)