You can change your mind
over and over
but you will estrange your mind
if you give it all to your lover.

No-one’s ever strayed
from who they are
not by more than an inch.

We’re stuck with who we are—
and when it feels like a swing
we’re the hinge.

How can I be better?
How can you believe I can be
or can be made
to be better?

And if you care to wait patiently,
might as well 
drink straight from the sea...

Yeah, you might as well
sip on the ocean
while you wait for me to change.

You might as well
slip me a potion
to try to keep me engaged.

Sip on the ocean
while you wait for me to change

and erase all laws of motion
like pencil from a page.

(Raise it up
yeah, drink it down)

We all play the part
and all of us badly (madly)
but when all is said and done
we devour the play gladly.

No-one’s ever been 
close to who they are
not by less than a mile.

We tell the tale of who we are
just to get to be
the I for a little while...

How can you be better?
Just what part of you can be 
unmade to be made better?

If you care to wait patiently
might as well 
sip on the ocean
while we wait for us to change.

Might as well
sing our devotion
in the same breath as our rage.

Soak up the ocean
while we wait for a change.

Might as well mix our poisons,
get cozy in our cage.

Go sip on the ocean
while you wait to be changed.
No contortion
can turn back the page.

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