Please Explain

(album: MK III - 2013)

Gather round
Sit on down
Forget your worries
What's lost is found
Purge the data
break through strata
dust off your CPU
put it to a new use

Been trying to get this one out
for a good long while
the centuries turn to the past
still I lay beguiled
Involuntary remarks
for an old quandary a new
Left in the dark
what's an old robot to do

Please explain

What to do with this wild goose
if there's nothing to chase
What to do if the screw turns loose
and there's nothing to gain
Please explain it to me

If your mustache makes a sandwich
serve it on a platter
two lovely nouns they need a verb
the panda climbs the ladder
if my mouth was made for mimicry
what's a bronze robot to chew
Gum in my gears
and bat meat in my fancy shoes

Please explain

What to do with the panda on the roof
Guess it makes for good imagery
What to do with the bat meat in my fancy shoes
I could sell it to the panda
Please explain it to me

Keep those legs high
Breathe through your mouth and nose
Excellent form
The grasshopper becomes the dandelion
People are so impressed now
Break it down

I do not need uranium
or your fossil fuels
Friction from curiosity
powers my hydro-tubes
Answers stem more questions
and grow my algorithms anew
They do?
Yes they do
If there's no concepts to grasp
what would I, robot, do

Please explain

What to do if the point is moot
What's a moot anyway (I don't know)
Is it the meat in my fancy shoes?
Or the name of this wild goose?
Guess we need some good-old-fashioned explaining
Please explain it to me