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[Verse 1] In hazy dreams, thoughts swirl and sway Like wisps of smoke on midnight's breeze We grasp at truths that slip away Our minds adrift on stormy seas In sleep, we're poets, kings, and thieves But morning breaks, and visions fray [Pre-Chorus] Clouded minds, we stumble through The fog of thought, both false and true We reach for stars we can't subdue Our reason's grasp so faint, so few [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Verse 2] The sober mind, a razor's edge Cuts through the mist with crystal sight While drunken thoughts spill off the ledge And tumble through the hazy night We dance between the dark and light Our minds, a constantly shifting pledge Bridge: Between the known and mystery We wander, lost but ever free Our clouded minds, our legacy Both curse and gift eternally [Pre-chorus] Exhaustion blurs the sharpest mind Alert, we see with eyes anew Scattered thoughts we leave behind Attention focused, clean and true But even then, we misconstrue The world's complexities, so blind [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Verse 4] In languages we barely know We fumble through a fog of words While mother tongues so freely flow Our thoughts take wing like graceful birds But even then, our speech absurd Can twist the truths we think we show [Pre-Chorus] Like Funes, cursed with memory's weight We drown in details, lose the whole While others struggle to relate The simplest facts they once extolled Our minds, a mystery to unfold Each thought a puzzle, small and great [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Verse 6] In Chiang's tale of minds enhanced We glimpse the heights we might attain But in our limits, we're entranced By beauty born of mortal pain Our clouded thoughts, a sweet refrain Of human nature, circumstanced [Verse 7] Green magic whispers ancient lore Of minds unleashed from earthly chains Yet in our fumbling, we explore The misty realms where wonder reigns Our clouded thoughts, like gentle rains Nourish the seeds of something more [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Drop] [Pre-Chorus] Our minds, a vast uncharted sea Where thoughts like ships set sail In mists of possibility We chart our course, so frail Yet in our limits, we are free To dream beyond the veil [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Instrumental] [Verse 9] From sober heights to drunken depths We plumb the mind's abyss In sleep's wild realms, our souls unkept Grasp truths we often miss Awake, we struggle, we accept Our thoughts, both curse and bliss [Pre-Chorus] So let us revel in the haze Of minds both dim and bright For in our stumbling, winding ways We touch the infinite Our clouded thoughts, a cosmic blaze Illuminating night [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Instrumental] [Coda] [Drop] [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Chorus] thinking drunk vs sober thinking tired vs alert thinking in dreams scattered pulling at strings vs undivided attention reading languages you know well vs poorly vs don't know at all flowers for algernon funes the memorious chiang's "understand" vance's green magic [Instrumental] [Coda] Ah ah ah ah ah 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