Now: Navigate!
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There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
On the industrial corner of North 17th Street & Wythe
Two black public high school kids watch a Nordic model get photographed
To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life
So, as a comet might relate to a traffic-stopped taxicab
Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
So, as access & privilege relate to their absolute opposites
That's the way that these kids & this woman will always relate
And it's nobody's fault
Yeah, no one's to blame
We all work through the dark
We all carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Spinning in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience
Through each lens & metric, the image warps every day
I'm either successful, independent, & largely uncompromised
Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008
And it's nobody's fault
Yeah, no one's to blame
We all work through the dark
We all carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Spinning in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
There are tears, as in waterworks, and they're threatening
To spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
Airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth
And if it's nobody's fault
Then I'm not to blame
I just work in the dark
I just carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Stranded in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
On the industrial corner of North 17th Street & Wythe
Two black public high school kids watch a Nordic model get photographed
To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life
So, as a comet might relate to a traffic-stopped taxicab
Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
So, as access & privilege relate to their absolute opposites
That's the way that these kids & this woman will always relate
And it's nobody's fault
Yeah, no one's to blame
We all work through the dark
We all carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Spinning in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience
Through each lens & metric, the image warps every day
I'm either successful, independent, & largely uncompromised
Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008
And it's nobody's fault
Yeah, no one's to blame
We all work through the dark
We all carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Spinning in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
There are tears, as in waterworks, and they're threatening
To spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
Airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth
And if it's nobody's fault
Then I'm not to blame
I just work in the dark
I just carry the weight
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
Stranded in cycles
Now, now, now: navigate!
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:07.21] There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
[00:14.53] On the industrial corner of North 17th Street & Wythe
[00:21.71] Two black public high school kids watch a Nordic model get photographed
[00:29.07] To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life
[00:37.39] So, as a comet might relate to a traffic-stopped taxicab
[00:43.79] Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
[00:51.99] So, as access & privilege relate to their absolute opposites
[00:59.22] That's the way that these kids & this woman will always relate
[01:06.54] And it's nobody's fault
[01:10.28] Yeah, no one's to blame
[01:14.75] We all work through the dark
[01:18.44] We all carry the weight
[01:22.00] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[01:26.69] Spinning in cycles
[01:30.22] Now, now, now: navigate!
[01:38.48] There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience
[01:49.35] Through each lens & metric, the image warps every day
[01:56.62] I'm either successful, independent, & largely uncompromised
[02:03.01] Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008
[02:10.32] And it's nobody's fault
[02:14.99] Yeah, no one's to blame
[02:18.57] We all work through the dark
[02:22.25] We all carry the weight
[02:26.74] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[02:31.31] Spinning in cycles
[02:34.15] Now, now, now: navigate!
[03:16.00] There are tears, as in waterworks, and they're threatening
[03:23.28] To spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
[03:29.66] I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
[03:36.88] Airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth
[03:45.04] And if it's nobody's fault
[03:48.78] Then I'm not to blame
[03:52.32] I just work in the dark
[03:56.95] I just carry the weight
[04:00.56] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[04:05.11] Stranded in cycles
[04:12.45] Now, now, now: navigate!
[04:20.66]
[00:14.53] On the industrial corner of North 17th Street & Wythe
[00:21.71] Two black public high school kids watch a Nordic model get photographed
[00:29.07] To them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life
[00:37.39] So, as a comet might relate to a traffic-stopped taxicab
[00:43.79] Or a Bahamas vacation to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
[00:51.99] So, as access & privilege relate to their absolute opposites
[00:59.22] That's the way that these kids & this woman will always relate
[01:06.54] And it's nobody's fault
[01:10.28] Yeah, no one's to blame
[01:14.75] We all work through the dark
[01:18.44] We all carry the weight
[01:22.00] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[01:26.69] Spinning in cycles
[01:30.22] Now, now, now: navigate!
[01:38.48] There are tiers, as in layers, to an experience
[01:49.35] Through each lens & metric, the image warps every day
[01:56.62] I'm either successful, independent, & largely uncompromised
[02:03.01] Or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008
[02:10.32] And it's nobody's fault
[02:14.99] Yeah, no one's to blame
[02:18.57] We all work through the dark
[02:22.25] We all carry the weight
[02:26.74] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[02:31.31] Spinning in cycles
[02:34.15] Now, now, now: navigate!
[03:16.00] There are tears, as in waterworks, and they're threatening
[03:23.28] To spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
[03:29.66] I can't answer anything honestly without an asterisk
[03:36.88] Airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth
[03:45.04] And if it's nobody's fault
[03:48.78] Then I'm not to blame
[03:52.32] I just work in the dark
[03:56.95] I just carry the weight
[04:00.56] Slender shoulders & blindfolds
[04:05.11] Stranded in cycles
[04:12.45] Now, now, now: navigate!
[04:20.66]