You were invited but you decided You were better off Where you're at now Don't look for the message We lived it and left it Your blood temperature is still tepid Indemnity, amenities, I hate it, I ate it The size of the poll Room for all Mad as a hatter But I'd rather that Than where you're at Hey, get off of the ceiling Those memories you're peeling off Like layers of a cake That has already been ate I'd rather forget it all Than have it vicariously ate Part environment And part heredity What we're born with And what's been fed to me I put up the poster But you never came any closer Than a rainy day away The message you heard Was deafening and noisy And now we're all suffering From your mercury poisoning Mercury poisoning Hey, get off of the ceiling And those memories you're peeling off Like layers of a cake Those candles have been ate I'd rather forget it all Don't look for the message It's deafening and noisy We're tired of suffering Your mercury poisoning You heard all of my stories So I made up some more And days wore into December And there we were at dinner Deciding how we'd split up The chores I heard most of the stories And I never got bored And days wore into September And all I can remember Is that there was something before