Nine million maniacs scribbling nonsense on the wall in a mad but noble attempt to make sense of it all.
13 (number of syllables in the first line) + 14 (number of syllables in the second line) = 27 27 x 13.5 (the average number of syllables in both lines) = 364.5 365.242 (the number of days in a year) - 364.5 = 0.742 0.742 x 9000000 (the numbers of maniacs) = 6678000 6678000/(13 (syllables in first line) x 14 (syllables in second line) x 8 (words in first line) x 12 (words in second line)) = 382.2115384615385 382.2115384615385 - 365.242 (the number of days in a year) = 16.96953846153846 1 + 6 + 9 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 8 + 4 + 6 = 84 84/2 (number of lines (and number of years it took to figure this out)) = 42