{duration:03:38} I do my best to sleep through the caterwaul The classicists, the posturing avant-garde [C]I bought a grey macaw, named him Jules Verne [D]He'll probably outlive me he's a bright bird Keeps me company I teach him new words I saw a hologram at the theme park She looked as real as me through the white fog [C]Then she melted down to her ankles [D]Turned into a million-watt candle If I knew where she went I would follow [Am]Walking through the land of tomorrow [D]Martian trinkets, plastic Apollos [G]In the sunshine try to act normal [C]My veins are full of flat cherry-cola Slept on a bench by the rollercoaster [D]Dreamt I was riding on a [C]motorbike[G] [D]Lion of Judah painted [C]on the side[G][D] I'm doing fine, I'm back in the palisades Life's a wash, a pastoral school play [C]China shops and cold ivory towers [D]I and I make toasts to the Caesars Forcing down the dregs of Decembers Madeline she spins in a slow bang All through the house the strong smell of burnt sage [C]Let's make it clean and run out the spirits [D]I know a diving bell when I hear it We're going down now under the surface [Am]Light to dark can shift in an instant [D]Feeling close but keeping my distance [G]On all fours she's just so insistent [C]Fills my mind with jump ropes and slit wrists Bust through the Firewall into heaven [D]Then I'm standing in that[C] blinding lig[G]ht [D]Crooked crosses falling f[C]rom the sky[G][D] [G]Seen yeah seen by I and I [C]Seen yeah seen by I and I