I heard tell of a man Who fell off the Earth He went hiding To the scratches That were cut in his name, Well, he caved in the ground Device: broken I wouldn't have believed it Were it not for the proof It was whittled in bone Attached to the cord And in the front of the cranium The magick it felt And there were Calls and accusations Curdled up in the speaker; He couldn't fight back, He was bubbles in the beaker Thee unbearable lightness ov feeling Thee unbearable lightness ov seeing Thee unexorable needles That we're needing Well, they can't be medicated They won't be erased I heard a story of a man Who jumped from a window Just like Socrates before him They'd hauled him off to prison Well, he rose up from the ground Aided by the brethren He was enraged with suspicion Carbombs on the street And he prophesized of cells And their alienation; Incanted before flames on his Hot rod Lincoln Stripped before hostages And blamed for their treason He couldn't get out From under the pendulum They'd left him Thee unbearable lightness ov feeling Thee unbearable lightness ov seeing Thee unexorable needles That we're needing Well, they can't be medicated They won't be erased Thee unbearable Thee unexorable