Gripp - On Seeing Sagan in the Clouds lyrics

[Verse 1: Gripp] Laying on my back, gra** napping, matter more than human I see the clouds sort of moving, little more than soothing They drift and make the shape of Dr. Sagan's face But it's not him; I just watch them as they fade away Of course I picture him on high, watching and listening To the bickering, smoking with Hitchens, chilling and kicking it Writing papers for a research journal That's only published in the aether. I can see the eternal. Yup It's a wishful thought and I indulge it But I switch it off long before it turns to superstition or Any kind of sacred cow. You know I take it out My logical side is kicking it with a quick retort It's the sh** we're born with in store Hardwired to see a living force swimming in us all And though I'm not the first who said it It's possible to circumvent it. And, dammit, it's worth the effort To overcome the evolutionary. And maybe The truth is scary, but that's a burden we choose to carry Our thanks to the fallen greats for testing the seas We'll keep struggling for all humanity's yet to achieve [Hook: Gripp] Our world is small and we're trying to get out 'til we're flying in the clouds, flying in the clouds Breaking free of all that could hold us down 'til we're flying in the clouds, flying in the clouds We're screaming that we're human and we're proud 'til we're flying in the clouds, flying in the clouds Our world is small and we're trying to get out 'til we're flying in the clouds, flying in the clouds [Verse 2: Gripp] We're waiting to be led, anxious to be fed Like a dog that's on a leash, like a patient in a bed Maybe instead we should change it for the best 'cos lately I've been feeling things are aiming for a head Look, Sagan is dead. He'll never resurrect So we'd better focus on our own development instead Aim higher than all the pettiness and yes We'll get ahead of it, but not until we're ready to invest This ma**ive globe is a jagged stone Slowly cracking into chasms, but for now we have it as a home Fragile, mad alone through galactic catacombs Watch how we travel slow with battered bones and tattered clothes It's no fashion show, but don't laugh at it as a joke It's just a fact, just our mortality's la**o rope We're just the latest in the longest chain And we're holding hands with all who came before us, helped along the way Let's move forward, change, formicate And explore the face of this enormity in every corner case Moving the fence until we extend Out into the universe and it is truly immense We're the best we've got, a messy lot. But washing up from the waves Is a set of heroes, incorruptible names That down the road someone'll praise. The paths of glory Lead but to the grave; for now we're stepping up to the plate [Hook: Gripp] [Outro] Uh... high levels of thinking The ability to create to... To support ourselves with the environment around us, to... Basically we're awesome and we can build sh** that other animals can't