COIN IN THE EXCHANGE (Remastered)

searching for a modicum of equanimity. i fumble around the table for all that continues to escape me. i’ve collected all the rest of what’s been advertised lately. only i know all-too-well the battleground that makes it hard to breathe. you say i’m beautiful, you say i’m wonderful, coin in the exchange, i have stubborn ear drums, my mind’s just out of frame. at the least know i should wave and smile my way through waves of pain. you say my depth is venerable, assurin’ me it’s not in vain. i’m dodging every kindred spirit extending out a hand. this psyche deals in absolutes not your gradients of care. intelligence considers the acceptance of currency. we are not the first, nor the last ones starved to eat. you say i’m beautiful, you say i’m wonderful, coin in the exchange, i have stubborn ear drums, my mind’s just out of frame. at the least know i should wave and smile my way through waves of pain. you say my depth is venerable, you assure me it’s not in vain. i’ll make my answers so classy i’ll hide the tears in the backseat i’ll manage the weight of a universe i’ll somehow hold it all back i won’t burst, it doesn’t work i know i learned from the best and this one flew over the cuckoo’s nest you say i’m beautiful, you say i’m wonderful, coin in the exchange, you say i’m beautiful, you say i’m wonderful, come back some other day, you say i’m beautiful, you say i’m wonderful, i have stubborn ear drums, my mind’s just out of frame. at the least know i should wave and smile my way through waves of pain. you say my depth is venerable, you assure me it’s not in vain. [music solo and outro]