Lyrics for another Rules For Dysfunctional Patterns song:
So you think you really know you
’til the day comes that will show you
What the multiverse might owe you
Is a kick right in the head
You behold the exposition
Of the xeno-inquisition
And your precious prime position
Is a zeppelin of lead
Once you thought you’d beat the dealer
But now Everett and Wheeler
Not to mention Edith Keeler
Teach a lesson you must learn
This and that is both and neither
And there’s no such thing as either
Just ask Lachesis the weaver [1]
Every time you take a turn
Activate
Now it all comes flooding back
Activate
Decompress unzip unpack
Activate
And it’s comfy as the rack
Activation
Now you know who you are really
Through a rite not touchy-feely
But more like they did a wheelie
On your parietal lobe
Like a blend of Margaret Mead and
Something thought up by Joss Whedon
It’s an insight big as Sweden
In the quick flash of a strobe
Activate…
[1] Pronounced LACK-ess-iss.
5 Comments
10 January 2009 at 9:18 am
A few observations… (1) Dude, you got rhyme! I’m so pleased. (2) Deliberately recalling SAGF in the opening verse? (3) Channeling Gilbert & Sullivan? (4) Me likey.
10 January 2009 at 4:04 pm
South African Gymnastics Federation? I don’t think so.
Possibly channeling Gilbert. Sullivan, not so much.
Figured this might get me back on the right side of the rhyme quota.
10 January 2009 at 4:07 pm
Well she knows he knows he knows it…
10 January 2009 at 4:10 pm
Oh, THAT. Why would I put in a reference to a hack writer like him?
Not a conscious callback, but probably an unconscious one.
10 January 2009 at 4:24 pm
In fact that’s fairly egregious; I’m changing the first line a bit.