I Wanted To Be Wrong
(专辑: Around The Sun - 2004)
You know where I
come from You know what I
feel You're Yul Brenner Westworld Reporting from the
field. I
threw it into reverse, Made a
motion to repeal. You kicked my legs from under me, And tried to take the
wheel. I
told you I
wanted to be wrong, But everyone is humming a
song That I
don't understand. Now I
know that the
sun has shined on my side of the
street. The
basket of America, the
weevils and the
wheat. The
milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked Salute Apollo 13 from the
rattle jewelry seats. Mythology's seductive and it turned a
trick on me That I
have just begun to understand. I
told you I
wanted to be wrong, But everyone is humming a
song That I
don't understand. The
rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns. A
rumble in the
third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. We're armed to the
teeth, born a
little breech; Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's We can't approach the
Allies 'cause they seem a
little peeved And speak a
language we don't understand. I
told you I
wanted to be wrong But everyone is humming a
song That I
don't understand. (Prop up The
Omega Man, we're primed for victory, God gave us the
upper hand, there's honor among thieves. Temper it with arrogance, a
dash of sad conceit. The
top's down on the
T-Bird, we're the
children of the
free) Storm into the
boardroom of the
conquering elite. Did you recognize the
madman who is shouting in the
streets? Destroy the
things that I
don't understand Destroy the
things that I
don't understand.