It was something a friend said A passing idea that you could give yourself to There were waves of change So I go up early in the morning, like a kite off the floor
They were putting waves in boxes In other parts of the world But I could be only here Living my life
As if this were the only time this has ever happened We lifted our eyes and raised our hands And tried to feel for the spaceship of revolution Battling every kind of crippling resistance
I’ve never been here before Same here I replied The first few words of truth spoken in years
I could still break like a stick every day But I wanted to make it true, and I could To shake myself up like a cocktail Of Kings and Queens and everyone in between Of Beggars and Dregs Of Blue Skies and White Streaked Fuselage