Don’t We Get By?

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will the astonishment kill me
can i die from being blown aghast
somewhere out there a whale is swimmin. hey!
and when i find it i will know at last

I seenthe silversmiths in baghdad and bosra
i laid eyes on them alone
i'm talking bout dimensions
i'm talkin bout ascending
my soul's gonna know to come to me when I'm home

trace me back a thousand mothers
maybe time is jus a magazine
i wanna tell all the things I know
how a mind can really grow
but then again, i ain't ever been

unconditional love has conditions, love
ask anyone, they know best
i thought that jesus was for everyone
i picked the wrong flavor christ I guess

but don't we get by
don't we get by
don't we get by alright?

the skeletons of the living dead amongst us
lived and laughed and loved so bitterly
they said "you had better hate
all the people that I hate"
"you better wear the same skin
as me"

i've seen camels weave themselves through needles
i've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead
still blessed are the meek
the geeks and the freaks
blessed are cursed instead

but don't we get by
don't we get by
don't we get by alright?

there are mesopotamian visions
and then again, there are midwestern dreams
i built a trebuchet to jump the wall and see 'em
while they were quarrying the colosseum
i saw a copy of the facsimile