UNDERSTANDING

from A Bed for a Phoenix by James Burke

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I think everything in the world is just a misunderstanding
I think laughter is weeping
I think waking is sleeping

'Cause half of my time's spent in sleepless dreams
The other half's spent in a waking sleep
Half of my time's spent in sleepless dreams

The deeper I dream the more I wake up
That mission abort was just a windup
It's through the paradox
I found that outside the box was a place on the inside

And there's nothing left to fight, its airtight baby
I'm gonna have a bite of my own light and let you
Take,
Eat,
of my insides

('cause I don't make a sound, I let my body speak for himself)
[and I don't make a sound
let my body speak for himself]

And he speaks LOUD,
Reels in a crowd
So well endowed
My man is a mushroom cloud
How is he even allowed in polite society?

Well just a thought, but maybe he's not
He's a fire here to burn up the whole damn lot
And tend to the ashes like a garden
Be the proprietor of a new Eden

('cause I don't make a sound, I let my body speak for himself)
[and I don't make a sound
let my body speak for himself]

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from A Bed for a Phoenix, released October 14, 2023

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