Way Beyond Comprehension
[Intro] [Long Intro] [Verse 1] I tried countin' all the stars in the sky Got halfway through and thought why even try Started wonderin' where the numbers end Then my brain complained, said “don't ask again" I got to a trillion, then a trillion more Then a trillion stackin' up across the floor Then another trillion lined up in a row After that I honestly don't know [Pre-Chorus] The farther I look The less I can see The universe keeps makin' a fool outta me [Chorus] It's way beyond comprehension Way beyond this head of mine The deeper I dig for an answer The more the answers hide I keep pullin' on the thread Till the whole thing comes undone It's way beyond comprehension And I'm still askin' why [Verse 2] They told me once about nothin' at all No space, no time, no nothin' involved I said, "Surely there was somethin' there?" They said, "No." I said, "Then where?" If there ain't no place Then where's it not? And if there ain't no clock Then when's it not? Everybody nodded like it made perfect sense I just stood there starin' at a white picket fence [Pre-Chorus] The smarter they sound The dumber I get I'm still tryin' to understand it yet [Chorus] It's way beyond comprehension Way beyond this head of mine The deeper I dig for an answer The more the answers hide I keep pullin' on the thread Till the whole thing comes undone It's way beyond comprehension And I'm still askin' why [Bridge – quieter, pleading] And what about consciousness? Who's watchin' inside? Who's hearin' the thunder When the tears are cried? Who sees the blue? Who feels the pain? Why does a thought appear Inside my brain? Eternity stretches forever ahead Forever behind And somehow we're standin' in the middle of the line [Long Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Then they showed me higher dimensions Folded-up worlds and impossible extensions Said somewhere there's a cube with extra sides I said, "Friend, that sounds like you've been hypnotized" Then quantum mechanics came around Turned common sense upside down Particles dancin' in two places at once And somehow I'm Jack the idiot dunce [Pre-Chorus] They said, "It's proven." I said, "That's neat." But my brain packed up and admitted defeat [Chorus] It's way beyond comprehension Way beyond this head of mine The deeper I dig for an answer The more the answers hide I keep pullin' on the thread Till the whole thing comes undone It's way beyond comprehension And I'm still askin' why [Final Chorus] It's way beyond comprehension Way beyond this head of mine I've chased every explanation And left a thousand roads behind I've asked the stars and atoms I've asked the dark and sun It's way beyond comprehension And the questions ain't never done [Outro] "And here's another thing that's botherin' me... Why does music even exist? Why do certain notes make my chest cave in? Why does a melody remember where I've been? Why does a song about not understandin' things Feel like it understands me? I don't know. Maybe that's the point. Or maybe... Why do vibrations in the air End up causin' all this trouble down here? Maybe this whole song is way beyond comprehension too." [Outro] [End Now] [Silence] [End]
