Powers of Ten

You got it together

I read in the paper

All of these strangers

Stranger and stranger

No no no no no

No, you don’t understand it

No no no no, you can’t

Not much more you can stand it

Sooner or later

Gets later and later

You try to explain

But you don’t want to wake her

No no no no, you, no

No, you don’t understand her

No no no no, you, no

You no longer stand it

Move to the east

Away from the center

In relative peace

And measure for measure

No no no no, you can’t

You try and remember

How all these pieces

And it all fits together

In the blink of an eye

For worse or for better

Year after year

Forever and ever

No no no no no no no

No, don’t you need the present

No no if you no no

Not much more on your chest

In the bedrock and sand

At powers of ten

Layer on layer

A wish and a prayer

No no no no no

It’s just what it seems

No no no no no

It’s all that it means

In the blackness so deep

An outline of your hand

A blanket of stars

Forever and ever

And ever and ever

A blanket of stars

Forever and ever

No no no no no