PLANET PEARL LYRICS
Side Quest:
They’re talking too fast and I’m not sure that I understand
how day after day, I wake up on the wrong planet again
I guess it’s alright, we all bury our heads in the sand
perform and pretend, gotta work to earn a 10/10
Keep losing sleep, and counting sheep
The hooks I borrow from the verse
are haunting, see! They’re taunting me,
watching me drift out through a clockwork universe
Each 24 hours, a new day I must spend in my head
cause night after night, I turn in on the wrong planet again
I set my alarm, put on white noise and I go to bed
chameleon style, but my dreams never blend all the way in
Keep losing sleep, and counting sheep
The hooks I borrow from the verse
are haunting, see! They’re taunting me,
watching me drift out through a clockwork universe
I’m thinking too fast and I’m not sure that I understand
how day after day, I wake up in the wrong system again
I guess I don’t mind, maybe I haven’t since Flowerland
come back in a while, let me dial the right coordinates in
Halfway Where?:
I used to think that I was halfway there
but now i’m here and that is halfway where
I’d wanna be cause I can’t seem to wear
down this unending cycle of despair
I used to think that I was halfway here
but now i’m there and that is nowhere near
I’d like to be I mean this much is clear
now should I laugh or should I shed a tear?
Oh no, not me, Peggy warned me ‘bout that final disappointment
oh no, I see, I see
Maybe one day I’ll be free, at least temporarily
time and space, or user interface, which one will win the race?
I used to think that I was halfway there
but now I’m wondering if I even care
dissatisfaction greets me everywhere
and it’ll always beat me fair and square
Is this a song or is it just hot air?
or is it me perhaps I'm not all there?
I used to think that I was halfway here
now should I stop or should I steer?
and not be so severe?
should I laugh or should I shed a tear?
Oh no, not me, Peggy warned me ‘bout that final disappointment
oh no, I see, I see
Together, Alone:
Calculating all the routes
unknown current whereabouts
too many headlights on the highway to track
silent conversations in the back
together, all alone
We don’t need a travel plan
through the sunroof of the van
everywhere the sky is monochrome
when the interstate can seem like home
together, all alone
2020 something
I forgot the year
I don’t do this time thing
no, I just play it by ear
Anything you recommend?
I’m just asking for a friend
hear my heart beat like a metronome
places seem to blend in as we roam
together, all alone
Lost my train of thought again,
quick, some paper and a pen,
better store this in the memory dome
when I’m with you baby I’m at home
together, all alone
2020 something
I forgot the year
I don’t do this time thing
no, I just play it by ear
Phototropic
(Instrumental)
Cruise Control:
Life on cruise control
no highway toll
ever trying to slow me
As I bare my soul
while people scroll
someone better console me
But don’t misunderstand
the tricks, the sleight of hand
illusions set us free
it’s easy don’t you see
it’s easy don’t you…
…See the picture whole
don’t pigeonhole
put the glasses on, baby
Oh life on cruise control
no thought patrol
ever pressing command key
But don’t misunderstand
the tricks, the sleight of hand
illusions set us free
it’s easy don’t you see
it’s easy don’t you see
Life without a goal
no title role
aren’t you happy to see me…
…Back on cruise control?
no ozone hole
come to spoil the party
But don’t misunderstand
the tricks, the sleight of hand
illusions set us free
it’s easy don’t you see
it’s easy don’t you see
A Planet Upside Down:
I guess congratulations are in order now
you used to wonder why but now you wonder how
There’s no gas in the tank and no tank in the car
coyotes in your driveway bid you au revoir
And you’re still trying hard to understand, to comprehend,
to wrap your head around
all the things that don’t make sense, that don’t mix in
a planet upside down
Look in the rearview mirror, slow traffic catching up
You’re probably thinking « is it ever gonna stop? »
The questions science answers you don’t ask yourself
It’s time to close your eyes and put them on the shelf
but you’re still trying hard to understand to comprehend
to wrap your head around
all the things that don’t make sense, that don’t mix in
a planet upside down
Ripples:
Looking at the wrinkles in the sea, just you and me
Rippling through the universe for all eternity
Big Time:
Maybe I am tired, maybe just alone
L.A. turnaround, got my cover blown
Give me one more chance to cosplay happiness
Maybe I’ll look cool, yeah maybe I’ll impress
Maybe it’s a trap, and maybe I’m a fool
Maybe I just wanna mingle by the pool
Head down to the desert for a change of pace
Forget all the problems I don’t wanna face
Lost in the lonely city, weary paradise
I can’t tell the ordinary truth from ordinary lies
Crank up I.G.Y. on the radio
High-fidelity, full-range stereo
Every day is breezy, every day is hot
Every day is different, every day is not
Time to burst my bubble, someone call this bluff
As long as you love me, trust me that’s enough
Big time coast 2 coast, restlessness syndrome
L.A. turnaround, baby take me home
Lost in the lonely city, weary paradise
I can’t tell the ordinary truth from ordinary lies
Don’t know why I forget to take my own advice
What the hell? oh wouldn’t that be easy, wouldn’t it be nice?
Cruising up the 1, talking UFO
Logarithmic spiral, golden ratio
Parking overflow, quarters in the slot
Every day is different, every day is not
Maybe I am tired, maybe just alone
Everywhere a tourist, everywhere a clone
Visions off the highway, twin nuclear domes
L.A. turnaround, baby take me home
Triangular Girl:
Triangular girl
Stuck on a round, tubular world
You spun the map, gave it a whirl
Saw how the marble had to twirl
Parallel lines, extended plane,
Binary signs, linear chain,
Designs, infinite space, infinite time
Triangular girl,
Captive in our tubular world
There is a planet in a pearl
Did you know, triangular girl?
Parallel lines, extended plane,
Binary signs, linear chain
Across, infinite space, infinite time
…And your thoughts are a maze
traveling like cosmic rays
Mathematical riddles, zero, one, one, two, and…
Triangular girl,
Captive in our tubular world
There is a planet in a pearl
Did you know, triangular girl?
Parallel lines, extended plane,
Binary signs, linear chain
Across, infinite space, infinite time
…And your thoughts are a maze
traveling like cosmic rays
Mathematical riddles, zero, one, one, two, and…
Triangular girl,
Captive in our tubular world
There is a planet in a pearl
Did you know, triangular girl?
Parallel lines, extended plane,
Binary signs, linear chain
Across, infinite space, infinite time
Feed the Meter
(Radio chatter)
I Fell Into a Piano:
I fell into a piano
The keys were twice my size
I tumbled like an arrow
come dropping from the skies
And within the piano,
some hefty hammers dance,
the pick-up rail is narrow
but leaves room for romance
Play for me my darling
Bewitch me one more time
I could stay forever
wrapped in your muted chime
The echoes of the melody
are ringing far and wide
The lushness of the harmony
from here is amplified
I fell into a piano
The keys were twice my size
I tumbled like a sparrow
come diving from the skies
Play for me my darling
Bewitch me one more time
I could stay forever
wrapped in your muted chime
4D:
No instant T,
No speed, no velocity
bending in front of me
Time marches on, teasing us,
come and gone, repercussed
Those years flew by
as light as a butterfly,
but I can’t deny
that hours felt long, on my own,
all along, all alone
Broken watches, melted clock
whirling ‘round my writer’s block
There’s a tick but where’s the tock?
Lookout for the aftershock
Time stretches out
cuts in, picks a different route
Stuck on a roundabout,
when will it strike? watch it go
echo-like, domino
Broken watches, melted clock
whirling ‘round my writer’s block
There’s a tick but where’s the tock?
Lookout for the aftershock
Mid City:
Home, dream of home
I just want… I wanna go home
But an era’s not a home,
and a memory’s not a home
[hmmm]
I hum along,
picking words for my song,
solving puzzles all day long
Which is right and which is wrong?
Which is right and which is wrong?
From Mid City downtown’s sky-line looks so pretty
In Mid City I just think that it’s a pity
In Mid City I keep longing for my family
In the city I just see another’s city
As far as the eye can see the sprawling city
In the city I just see another’s city
