[Instrumental intro - fractured electro breaks and spare synth chords] [Verse 1 - contemporary reader, clear unhurried English lead] I read Plato's Meno late last night He asks what virtue is, not which acts are right Socrates keeps asking for the kind Not just the cases we can bring to mind [Hook - sung simply, leave space between lines] I know a case before the test Can't write a rule to fit the rest If I can't say what I should find How will I know it in my mind? [Instrumental break - let the rhythm carry the question] [Verse 2 - contemporary design example, not historical dialogue] Four legs and a back would make it clear Then someone drops a beanbag over here I call it a chair before I know Which rules to keep and which to let go [Hook - return to the same restrained melody] I know a case before the test Can't write a rule to fit the rest If I can't say what I should find How will I know it in my mind? [Instrumental outro - resolve the harmony without an extra sung explanation]
