Your surprise and my fate

Fought at once, then life was late and I slept right through

Did I die? Did I die? No. So what can I do?

When panic squeezed me and breath came none to easy

And I was struck dumb

Did I die? Did I die? No. So what can be done?

Over and over, we're born (or wake sober), another dawn chorus

So while we are able, slam fist into table - get up and go forwards!

Rely, rely on your burning core

The push of your feet from off the deep sea floor

Rely, rely on the cock that crows

Thе pattern of your veins and the blood that flows

Rеly, rely on the child that you are

And the adult that learned enough to get this far

This vicious embroidery stabs in a story of red-threaded pain

We march in a furious figure of eight

These 3D glasses to hoodwink the masses, left and right brain

We must march a cardboard path around the red and blue stains

I'm wondering could I put a patch on my good eye to strengthen these nerves

But blinkered and bloodshot my will cannot bear what my bad eye observes

Rely, rely on the skin pulled tight

The nerve ending feet, on the bottom lip bite

Rely, rely on your visions and dreams

On the gut-thought that says it's as wrong as it seems

Rely on the missing beat

Cos sometimes your words just hypnotise me

We mill in our millions, watching the watchers and wringing our hands

Like the fair-skinned folk maidens who wander in gardens awaiting romance

Rely on connection, the truth of reflection, the power of gravity

We process the lesson: among the procession, you are a singularity

Rely, rely on the buttons you've sewn

And everything you ever fixed on your own

Rely, rely on the helmet made

From the best damn friends and the best damn days

Rely, rely on the long-dead stars

And the echo echo echo and the water on Mars