The undertaker takes another pawn And into the ellipse another life is born A beggar's burning in the morning sun Below the window with a kitchen where the 'frigerator hums A bird is flying from a tunnel to a church That has no steeple where the people bow their heads A glowing spark it cuts the darkness with a sharpness And it burns and churns and learns and then erupts All at once imagination flows like love sweet love Excuse me if I pull the rug out from what I've become I feel everything and nothing all at once Excuse me if I rise into my finest hour All at once I am a hero and a coward All at once The moon is playing ping pong with the tide Some fish look like birds, jocks don't hate the nerds A city somewhere sinking in the rain While a heatwave takes a dive and children go outside again Someone is fighting for a seat at a tilted table Just to learn to play a game that has been rigged Others confuse their paystub with their purpose working for retirement On country club with a pension 'round their wrist All at once forests are growing like love sweet love Excuse me if I pull the rug out from what I've become I feel everything and nothing all at once Excuse me if I rise into my finest hour All at once I am a hero and a coward Excuse me if I pull the rug out from what I've become I feel everything and nothing all at once Excuse me if I rise into my finest hour All at once I am a hero and a coward All at once All at once All at once All at once