String Theory

I travel with a lungful of music, doesn’t weigh a thing

Reed’s built in, breathe through it every time I sing

And I got pockets full of my own hands, head full of back-up plans

Temper walks beside me, a gift I guess, from my old man

And history: lines on my face

Future: lines on my palm

They say heaven’s guarded by gates, damnation don’t care much who’s calling

But I don’t fall for that line, only one I walk is mine

I carry what I can and I’m still makin good time

Bones are hollow, that’s where I keep my marrow

This quiver in my lip, that’s just where I keep my arrows

I fold up my ideas, I pack them neat inside my skull

I got this string theory: doesn’t work to push, you gotta pull

So I’m pulling for me, and I’m pulling for mine

And they’re easy to read, but you can’t trust the signs

Eyes blur in the heat, heat curves all the lines

Try to keep up, speed up, get your feet up, and match mine

We’ll wait til the dawn

And when dawn breaks we’re moving on

Gravity I never learned

I'm in the air stretch it out spaghetti western

I make it glow then let it go, no effort

That attachment only kept your flame sequestered

I just let it how the ember in my chest burn

I wasn't in it for the fame or making profit

I just came to scrape my name into the cinder blocking

N-N-N-Now they're flocking because the feather's same

I just burned the oil, toiled, man I fed the flame

You better aim before they tame you, boy

It's a wild world they're coming for your pelt, young boy

They're tolling all the bells, Tolstoy

It’s war and peace, beast came to eat, old boy (oh boy)

We’ll wait til the dawn

And when dawn breaks we’re moving on

We’re raised by the laws

But the laws gonna break when we’re moving on

Gravity is such a pesky thing

Makes every weight in sight seem like it's worth measuring

Makes every step you take so tentative

But if you don't stride with purpose then there's no benefit

I know

Only on this surface til we float

But why wait?

I pull for you and throw your hand a rope

And I know

You can take time or take time by the throat

So tell me when it's time to go

We’ll wait til the dawn

And when dawn breaks we’re moving on

We’re raised by the laws

But the laws gonna break when we’re moving on