My name is volatile
I've been this way a long while
I'd surely like to rest
But the energy gets the best of me
It's been a wild ride
I wouldn't change a minute
I can't slow down inside
Guess that's why I live it

Nietzsche couldn't reach me nor could any of his kind
Cause cuttin' down vines with a simian mind
Is like tryin to drain the ocean out on the dry land
Even if you succeed the water meets up again
It's been a long time since my introspective journey
And with the help of a respected attorney
I moved out west to find a home in Idaho
Long from the land of Cajun catfish and Zydeco
And up here there ain't nothin' to do
Unless your into having barnyard fun and huffing glue
And I'm not so I sit and wonder lots
As my troglodytic mind slips to another spot

See, there's things I remember.
There's things I forget.
I miss you... I guess that I should... but you know...
It is three thousand, five hundred, miles away
And what would you change, what would you change if you could?
Nothing

You know I'm not dead
I'm just the tears inside your head
Forever waiting
On the ways of your desire
You always find a way
And through it all
Into us all you move
Forgotten touch, forbidden thought
We can never have enough
You know I'm not dead

I crawled down to the basement
When the weather got cold
Like a lost lamb returning to the fold
And when the outside world recedes from view
It's just a year's supply of make-up and memories of you
1967 Colt 45, holding back the vampires, keeping me alive
There's an envelope with some cash in it out by the front door
This is what they make you take the medication for

Woke this morning to the stinging lash
Every man rise from the ash
Each betrayal begins with trust
Every man returns to dust
I never ever saw the northern lights
I never really heard of cluster-flies
I never ever saw the stars so bright

The stars are projectors yeah
Projectin' our lives down to this planet earth
And the stars are projectors, yeah
Projectin' our minds down to this planet earth
Everyone wants a double feature
They want to be their own damn teacher, and how
All the stars are projectors, yeah.
Projectin' our lives down this planet earth