Beginner's Mind
Hold on tight Beginner’s MindThe wheel is spinning tooFast to make your moveThe worst must be assumedOh how they will tryTo pull and to pryAway what you know nowBeat and beat it outLeave a drum that makes no sound
A snuff film on a JumboTron for all the world to see
A cocktail napkin epitaphA psychobabble telegramMessage written in the sandThe tide rolls in
Swear you’ll do the oppositeOf all those tangled hypocritesWho say that the experiment has failedDon’t go thereYou’re getting nowhereYou’re getting nowhere
Stay awhile my Inner ChildI’d like to learn your trickTo know what makes you tickTo nurse you when you’re sickOh how you’ve grown so cynicalHard lines carved in your faceThe sunshine is so clichéJust like love and pain
You tried your best on the Rorschach testbut there is just nothing to see
Heard terabytes of perfect pitchSome universal eleganceStack the seventh and the fifthAlong the grid
Swear you’ll be the oppositeOf all those stilted hypocritesYou know what made you infamous to them, don’t you?You keep starting overYou keep starting overYou keep starting overYou keep starting over
Hold on tight Beginner’s MindThe current is far too strongIt will carry you alongTill you’re just like everyoneStay awhile my Inner ChildI’d like to learn your trickTo know what makes you tickTo nurse you when you’re sick