Push

there used to be a tv show

called the land of the lost

it's kind of an insight

into the downfall of mankind

if you will

a half hour fallout shelter

broadcast from a distant shore

the point is

they never killed the bloody dinosaur

the morale of the story

is there is no morale

if you missed it today

you can always watch it tomorrow

i had a nightmare

where nietzsche was dressed up like a clown

i was just about to jump off a bridge

he says to me

matt

just don't look down

it'll go away

if it ain't here

it doesn't really matter where you go

you ever notice

how shaggy and scooby

always ran around in a circle

a friend of mine thought

it was a metaphor for life

so he did

did you ever notice

there was a nixon sticker

on the back of the mystery machine

and it said

i would've gotten away with it too

if it weren't for those meddling kids

the morale of the story

is there is no morale

what i've been trying to say

is what i've been saying all along

i had a dream

there was a mermaid

swimming in my bathtub

she said

life was like an airplane

it'll crash before long

so don't look down

it'll go away

if it ain't here

it doesn't really matter where you go

spotlights painted the building

and the people gathered for the show

and a bum would finger the wind

to see which way he'd blow

and the evening news people

sat in their chairs

and waited for their makeup

and the police controlling the crowd in the street

well

they didn't think to look up

and it would suddenly seem

that the world

would turn the other way

as if the sun had come out

and then changed the darkness into day

perhaps we are most peaceful

when our sanity's on edge

'cause no one bothered to wonder who the guy was

stranded on the ledge

so you just

don't look down

it'll go away

just push