We're all holding onto banisters Cause it's a long way, it's a long way down
And the enemy of common sense Is a loose grip and a steep stairwell So toss me to and fro till I condemn The very sense of being still
And we'll litter all the way Shed all our trappings for the rest to wade through No matter how narrow is our path
And we could never name our burdens But still, they pained us all the same
I never knew my context But that's just fine Yeah, I'm stuck outside of my shaking mind I never felt an inside so ill-defined Never compromise if you've still got time
So we're all ordaining ministers Cause we can't keep, no we can't keep clean We've been deferring to a hypocrite With a kind voice and a loud idea He divided up the races with a pencil And the book of Genesis And sorted us into companies and colonies All pitted up against each other No matter how, no matter how common is our cause
I never knew my context But that's just fine Yeah, I'm stuck outside of my shaking mind I never felt an inside so ill-defined Never compromise if you've still got time
I was a visionary Till I sold my vision
You were a missionary Who misplaced your mission
I collected up my feelings and my crowns And went to sleep without a sound To distribute all my thoughts Among inanimate depictions of myself Myself