The Big Curve

Well, this could be

The first day of the rest of your life

But I was mystified

By the images on the screen

"Well, this could be

The first day of the rest of your life"

You tell yourself

But I was amused at the thoughts of my ancestors

Well, it could have been me

But my number had just come up

At exactly, exactly the right time

And the view from the floor was

Was of the fields and of the trees

And you convinced yourself it was the end of the thing

The books on my shelf

The books on my shelf

And they were telling me

Oh, they were telling me, they were telling me otherwise

Upwards and upwards

Forwards and upwards

Upwards in cycles

Cycling forward

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit on the great big curve?

You see, I make fire too

Except quicker

I shout too

Tell me, who had it better, the dinosaur or the vicar?

Both pretty good I hear

Well, I was too busy looking forwards

And there was no one, there was no one looking back at me

Well, I, I realised too late I was too busy looking forwards

And there was no one looking back at me

Many are called and few get up

Many are called and few get up

"Time washes over us", said the man in the big suit

Upwards and upwards

Upwards and forwards

Forwards in cycles

Cycling forward

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit on the big curve?

Where do you sit?

Ha-ha, ha-ha

Oh, it was hysterical

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha

Oh, it was so, so funny

Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha

Oh, it was hysterical

Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha

Ha, it was, it was so, so funny

It was funny what they used to think

Back in the old days, with their King James Bible

The Gutenberg Press

And everyone saying everything they ever felt

All the time