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the mechanisms - riddle of the sphinx (live) lyrics

[spoken intro: jonny d’ville]
“anyway, speaking of motherf+ckers. i mean i’m not sure how much more introduction it needs.”

[gunpowder tim]
“you know that was a character, right.”

[jonny]
“eh.”

[intro: oedipus]
i thought myself an orphan
i clawed my way up from the streets
to earn my rank of doctor
equal to any i should meet
how could i know my fame
arose from sly olympian winks?
and soon i’d match myself
against the riddle of the sphinx

[chorus]
four legs in the morning
two legs in the day
three legs in the evening
as body and mind decay

[verse 1: oedipus]
a mad disease
striking poverty
in the slums no+one cares about
in its host
causes rapid growth
in just weeks they will die
children then
look as aged men
who have not learned the words to cry
an old withered corpse yet a child
[chorus]
four legs in the morning
two legs in the day
three legs in the evening
as body and mind decay

[verse 2: oedipus]
years i spent
in experiment
dissecting its chemistry
endless tests
finally yield success
with the compounds i need
a consequence
baleful oxidants
from olympian eternity
they have to know what it leads to

[chorus]
four legs in the morning
two legs in the day
three legs in the evening
as body and mind decay

[verse 3: father & oedipus]
oedipus
come don’t make a fuss
your research takes a dangerous path
take a pause
find another cause
this will end in your fall
whoe’er you be
if you threaten me
i can warn you will feel my wrath
don’t interfere with my calling
[chorus]
four legs in the morning
two legs in the day
three legs in the evening
as body and mind decay
four legs in the morning
two legs in the day
three legs in the evening
as body and mind decay

[outro: oedipus]
soon the olympians knew
of what their immortality cost
they feigned their contrition
mourning the lives that had been lost
they swore they’d find a way
that wouldn’t lead to loss of life
they showered me with riches
and introduced me to my wife

[spoken: jonny d’ville]
“i mean. in oedipus’s defense, it’s harder than it looks not to end up in an emotionally charged narrative climax where you murder your father.”

[ashes o’reilly]
“no it’s not.”
[jonny]
“everyone thinks it’s so easy. ‘oh i’d never k!ll my father!’ but sometimes life happens.”

[ashes]
“most people don’t k!ll their fathers.”

[gunpowder tim]
“you’re projecting.”

[ivy alexandria]
“again.”

[jonny]
“i really don’t think i am.”

[tim]
“again.”

[jonny]
“anyway, what were talking about. love. that’s the one. we’ve seen a lot of great love stories through our time in the stars. you remember, uh. yes, obviously one of those love stories is between you, our loyal fans, and us. ok, calm down. it’s not necessarily healthy. it’s fine. oh. do you remember those two moons, that were so in love that they just crashed together.”

[raphaella la cognizi]
“that. that was just gravity. that’s called gravity.”

[tim]
“a lot of people died.”

[jonny]
“yes, obviously. that’s why it was so touching. ‘oh, i’m tim. i can have a love affair when billions of people die because planets are crashing together (mutters).’ anyway. even the moons, even those beautiful, in love moons, weren’t quite at the same level as rose and cinders.”

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