I: From Nowhere (inst.)

II: One Note

One note, timeless,

Came out of nowhere...

It wailed like the wind and night

It sought no glory

It added no meaning,

Not even a reason why

No thought

No need to say something

No message to sell

It played without a buzz or a showing

Out of the great nothing,

It came without fail

One man with his mind full

Trying to get somewhere...

He thought, "Man this thing could fly!"

He had good intentions, even some feeling

He thought, "Lord, I've got to try."

No thought--

He had to say something

His message would sell

He got a buzz without knowing

Into the great nothing,

The boy slipped and fell

III: Come Up Breathing

Come up breathing,

Up from the water

Man, he was so submerged

Where's the feeling?

It must be way under,

Far from the spoken word

No, no - no corporate ladder

No hometown parade

The fat cats just keep getting fatter

What does it matter

The thing must be played...

One note, timeless...

Don't let the buzz get you down

Don't lose your memory, or you'll sink fast and drown

But you can't seem to sleep for the thoughts in your mind

Since you can't stand to think, you have one hell of a time

Hanging with submergers, you drink yourself blind

You think it's fine

You've got time...

IV: Submerged

The boy has got potential,

But he's never had commercial success

There's flies in his ointment

There's Stuyvesants and liquor on his breath

We'll have him charge the gate

We'll have to set him straight

We'll have him seal his future fate

Before it's too late

I worked with him closely

It must have been ten years ago

Of all the pains in the asses,

He's the worst I've had the bad taste to know

He's undirectable