Achilles Come Down

Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down

Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?

You're scarin' us and all of us

Some of us love you

Achilles, it's not much but there's proof

You crazy-ass cosmonaut, remember your virtue

Redemption lies plainly in truth

Just humour us, Achilles, Achilles, come down

Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?

Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down

Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?

The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken

Remember the pact of our youth

Where you go, I'm goin'

So jump and I'm jumpin'

Since there is no me without you

Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down

Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?

Loathe the way they light candles in Rome

But love the sweet air of the votives

Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone

Engage with the pain as a motive

Today, of all days, see

How the most dangerous thing is to love

How you will heal and you'll rise above

Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now

You are absent of cause or excuse

So self-indulgent and self-referential

No audience could ever want you

You crave the applause, yet hate the attention

Then miss it, your act is a ruse

It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now

It's a pointless resistance for you

Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle

Don't listen to what you've consumed

It's chaos, confusion and wholly unworthy

Of feeding, and it's wholly untrue

You may feel no purpose, nor a point for existing

It's all just conjecture and gloom

And there may not be meaning, so find one and seize it

Do not waste yourself on this roof

Hear those bells ring deep in the soul

Chiming away for a moment

Feel your breath course frankly below

And see life as a worthy opponent

Today of all days, see

How the most dangerous thing is to love

How you will heal and you'll rise above

Crowned by an overture bold and beyond

Ah, it's more courageous to overcome

You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers

It's not worth it, Achilles

More poignant than fame or the taste of another

Don't listen, Achilles

Be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker

You're worth more, Achilles

You will not be more than a rat in the gutter

So much more than a rat

You want my opinion, my opinion you've got

No one asked your opinion

You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts

No one asked for your thoughts

Be done with this now and jump off the roof

Be done with this now and get off the roof

Can you hear me, Achilles? I'm talkin' to you

I'm talkin' to you

I'm talkin' to you

I'm talkin' to you

Achilles, come down

Achilles, come down

Throw yourself into the unknown

With pace and a fury defiant

Clothe yourself in beauty untold

And see life as a means to a triumph

Today of all days, see

How the most dangerous thing is to love

How you will heal and you'll rise above

Crowned by an overture bold and beyond

Ah, it's more courageous to overcome