[brief introduction while she exhales a long steady outbreath] [verse] i sit quietly fathom the world, to see it ...your way. amid some silent roar water pours i can be wrong [bridge] and no one has to see me [chorus] cry... break down or divide... apply any "mad math" as some underpinning to life cry... fragment or apply... utilize any "reckless arithmetic" measure of existence [verse] quietly to comprehend life, ...your path. my gaze and I may falter tragically falter [bridge] with no one there observing [final words] (even) me [chorus] cry... (watch me) break down or divide... apply some "mad math" made up underpinning to life cry...(when I..) fragment or apply... this "reckless arithmetic" foundation of existence