If I lose you after all, after this fall After the leaves change and death fills the air I'll just lie to myself and say you were just research for the secret book I'm narrating in my head Internal observer, on the inside looking out Taking notes somewhere in my cerebral cortex Somehow without my consent the neurons fired them into my heart And it was supposed to help me breathe but it has only become more difficult A carefully executed experiment but apparently I have Fallen victim to my own placebo effect Is it real if I believe it is? Is it like thinking happy thoughts in order to fly What would prove as compelling evidence I have to remain objective until A positive correlation is made and solidified and Thrown in my face Maybe it's the way your Claddagh ring is still turned on its inside And I don't know if that means you already belong to someone Or if you think that means you belong to no one Who understands all this fleeting symbolic **** anyway Who really understands anything at all