People II: The Reckoning

Nobody knows everything

We know this to be true

Everything is difficult except what’s in front of you

But it’s complicated even under your nose

Bullshit math equations

Your highs and your lows

And your manic depression

It comes and it goes

Your parasympathetic nervous system reacts

And you’re in fight or flight mode

How’s the world so small when the world is so large?

And what made the world

Could I please speak to who’s in charge?

Everything is real

But it’s also just as fake

From your daughter’s birthday party

To your grandmother’s wake

And your bipolar illness

It comes and it goes

Your parasympathetic nervous system reacts

And you’re in fight or flight mode

I’ve tried to know which words to sing so many times

I tried to know which chord to play

And I tried to make it rhyme

I tried to find the key that all good songs are in

And I tried to find that notes to make that great, resounding din

But there’s a bad man in everyone

No matter who we are

There’s a rapist and a Nazi living in our tiny hearts

Child pornographers and cannibals, and politicians too

There’s someone in your head waiting to fucking strangle you

So here’s to you Mrs. Robinson

People love you more

Oh nevermind

In fucking fact Mrs. Robinson

The world won’t care whether you live or die

In fucking fact Mrs. Robinson

They probably hate to see your stupid face

So here’s to you Mrs. Robinson

You live in an unforgiving place