Don’T We Get By

One, two

Will the astonishment kill me?
Can I die from being blown aghast?
Somewhere out there, a whale is swimming, hey
And when I find it I will know at last

I've seen the silversmiths in Baghdad and Basra
And I laid eyes on them alone
I'm talking 'bout dimensions, I'm talking 'bout ascending
My soul's gonna know to come to me when I'm home

Trace me back a thousand mothers
Maybe time is just a magazine
I wanna you tell all the things that I know
How a mind can really grow
But then again, I ain't ever been

Unconditional love has conditions, love
Ask anyone, they know best
I thought that Jesus was for everyone
I picked the wrong flavor Christ I guess

But don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright, we get by, go

The skeletons of the living dead amongst us
Lived and laughed and loved so bitterly
And they said, "You had better hate all the people that I hate
You better wear the same skin as me"

I've seen camels weave themselves through needles
And I've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead
Still blessed are the meek
The freaks and the geeks
Blessed are the cursed instead

But don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright, we get by

There are Mesopotamian visions
And then again, there are Midwestern dreams
I built a trebuchet to jump the wall and see 'em
While they were quarrying the Colosseum
I saw a copy of the facsimile

But don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright, we get by

But don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by?
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright, we get by