Against The Grain

Random blobs of power expressed as that which we all disregard,
Ordered states of nature on a scale which no one things about,

Don't speak to me of anarchy or peace or calm revolt, man,
We're in a play of slow decay orchestrated by Boltzmann,

It's entropy, it's not a human issue,
Entropy, it's matter of course,
Entropy, energy at all levels,
Entropy, from it you cannot divorce
And your pathetic moans of suffrage tend to lose all significance,

Extinction, degradation: the natural outcome of our ordered lives,
Power, motivation: temporary fixtures for which we strive,

Something in our synapses assures us we're ok
But in our disequilibrium we simply cannot stay,

It's entropy, it's not a human issue,
Entropy, it's matter of course,
Entropy, energy at all levels,
Entropy, from it you cannot divorce,

A stolid proposition from a man unkempt as I,
My affectatious nature I cannot rectify,
But we are out of equilibrium unnaturally,
A pang of consciousness at death and then you will agree

It's entropy...
Entropy, it's matter of course,
Entropy, energy at all levels,
Entropy, from it you cannot divorce,
Entropy... (x4)

Let's gather 'round the carcass of the old deflated beast,
We have seen it through the accolades and rested in its lea,
Syntactic is our elegance, incisive our disease,
The swath endogenous of ourselves will be our quandary,

We've nestled in its hollow and we've suckled at its breast,
Grandiloquent in attitude, impassioned yet inept,
Frivolous gavel our design, ludicrous our threat,
Excursive expeditons leave us holding less and less,

So what does it mean?
When we tell ourselves it's only for a while we've been deceived
And it's only for a moment that the treasures of our day
Make life easier to complicate, the treasure thrown away,

I'm so tired of all the fucked up minds
Of all the terrorist religions and their bullshit lines,
Of all the hand-me-downs from all industrial crimes
All the weeping mothers and those who are led so blind,
From the plastic protests and the hands of time
And the pursuit of mirth and all hating kind

I've got nothing to say, I've got nothing to do,
All of my neurons are functioning smoothly,
Yet still I'm a cyborg just like you,

I am one big myoma that thinks, my planet supports only me,
I've got this one big problem: Will I live forever?
I've got just a short time to see,

Modern man, evolutionary betrayer,
Modern man, ecosystem destroyer,
Modern man, destroy yourself in shame,
Modern man, pathetic example of earth's organic heritage,

When I look back and think, when I ponder and ask myself 'Why?',
I see my ancestor spend with careless abandon,
Assuming eternal supply,

Modern man, evolutionary betrayer,
Modern man, ecosystem destroyer,
Modern man, destroy yourself in shame,
Modern man, pathetic example of earth's organic heritage,
Just a sample of carbon-based wastage,
Just a fucking tragic epic of you and I

Three thousand miles of wilderness overcome by the flow,
A lonely restitution of pavement, pomp and show,
I seek a thousand answers, I find but one or two,
I maintain no discomfiture, my path again renewed,

Against the grain, that's where I'll stay,
Swimming upstream, I maintain against the grain,

Here labelled as a lunatic, sequestered and content,
There ignored and defeated by the government,
There's an oriented public whose magnetic force will pull,
But away from the potential of the individual,

Against the grain, that's where I'll stay,
Swimming upstream, I maintain against the grain,

The flow is getting stronger with small increments of time
And eddies of new ideas are increasingly hard to find,
You need all that the other has, it's your right to seize the day
But in all your acquisitions you will soon be swept away,

Against the grain, that's where I'll stay,
Swimming upstream, I maintain against the grain,

There's a common consensus and an uncomfortable cheer,
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear,
It sings 'leave your cares behind you, just grab tenaciously,'
This lulling sense of purpose will destroy us rapidly,

Against the grain, that's where I'll stay,
Swimming upstream, I maintain against the grain,

Against the grain, against the grain,
Against the grain

Flying through a dark prismatic tunnel on a carousel,
The earth is turning and you know it very well,
Your mind is reeling like ten helicopters wheeling
And you're gonna hit the ceiling like a mallet on a bell,

Hey, Blenderhead, they're starting to ask questions,
Your transgressions are a danger flashing sign,
Challenge conventions and radiate your splendor
And feel those flywheels turn your blender... head (yeah)

Tally up the gleaming ventured on a wishing well,
Each shining trinket has a story it can tell,
Your moments pining like those tales all intertwining
Can become the rusted lining of a deep neglected shell,

Hey, Blenderhead, you ask so many questions,
Your confusion's a life-affirming sign,
Break from tradition and carry on with valor
And feel those flywheels churn your blender... head (yeah)

So proud a history, replete with sanctity,
Orbs in their harmony, they sing their code to me,
Have you ever heard yourself, the orbit you are in?
The terse, oppressive blanket that's instilled here by our spin,

It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally,
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
Misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy,

Others who bear no name, who feel that life's a game,
My verse they will defame, we suffer all the same,
They pay no regard to their position or their speed,
But the firmament still covers them with its malevolent seed,

It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally,
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
Misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy,

'You look for meaning in things no one comprehends,
You feel no affinity to the rabble we're in,'
Sources of inquiry have nothing to portend,
They will perplex us all until the coming end,

A feeling of despair, hungry and full of care,
We resent everywhere the fortune that we share,
'This world could be a better place' is a concept I condone,
Given our pathetic course our destiny is known,

It's misery and famine, it's a force we cannot see,
Misery and famine, it compels us naturally,
Misery and famine, great ellipse, we bend to thee,
Misery and famine, just accept your vagrancy,

Misery and famine (x4)

Irreducible is the word for today, plastic compounds and nuclear waste,
What the hell's the matter with the people on this planet?
Have we all gone insane?
The stigma of industrial progress killing us over and over again,

It's one part per trillion... unacceptable,
One part per billion... unacceptable,
One part per million... unacceptable,
This mammoth pogrom set upon us courtesy of the USA,

Inexcusable are the men before our time, I'd like to kick their ass
for what they left behind,
Cancer-causing chemicals, ozone-depleting arsenals, we're all gonna fry,
So put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye,

One part per trillion... unacceptable,
One part per billion... unacceptable,
One part per million... unacceptable,

One part per billion... unac(fucking)ceptable (x infinity)

It is an S.O.S. sent out telepathically,
Signs of our distress don't allow complacency,
We need restoration now of our integrity
And a drastic bold reminder of our morality,

The rectifying troop is here, the ones we've needed all these years
To stop the heinous wrongdoings and verify our moral benevolence as a people

Operation, Operation Rescue,
They're here to right our fall, they've heard a troubled call,
Operation, Operation Rescue,
You wonder where they come from, but I just wonder why they're here at all,
Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya (x3) Ya-ya-ya-ya

Life ever-after is what they're in business for,
See them brandish the key to their kingdom's door,
It's persuasive, it's a part of you and me
But it's not overwhelming as they wish it to be,

If no one believed in fairy tales, there's nothing they could do but fail
Yet everywhere we look someone is trying to reassure our
moral benevolence as a people,

Operation, Operation Rescue,
They're here to right our fall, they've heard someone's troubled call,
Operation, Operation Rescue,
You wonder where they come from, but I just wonder what compels them all,

Operation, Operation Rescue,
Operation, Operation Rescue,
You may wonder where they come from,
But I just wonder what compels them all,
Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya (x3)

Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...
Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...

The full moon is rising over dark water
And the fools below are picking up sticks
And the man in the gallows lies permanently waiting
For the doctors to come back and tend to him,

The Flat Earth Society is meeting here today, singing happy little lies,
And the bright ship Humana is sent far away with grave determination...
And no destination,

Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...
Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...

Yeah, nothing feels better than a spray of clean water
And the whistling of wind on a calm summer night
But you better believe that down in their quarters
The men are holding on for their dear lives,

The Flat Earth Society is somewhere far away,
with their candlesticks and compasses
And the bright ship Humana is on its way with grave determination...
And no destination,

The Flat Earth Society is meeting here today, singing happy little lies,
And the bright ship Humana is well on its way with grave determination...
And no destination,

Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...
Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie... Lie lie lie...
(x infinity)