That's the Way It Goes

Take the contrast between the words we use
 Explicit and implicit
 They're very valuable words
 What is explicit, what's on the outside, that's, say,
 How we come on publically
 Explicitly we are thus and so. We have a fight
 We're in competition, say, in business, explicitly
 But implicitly, we've worked this out
 We've agreed, in a secret way that nobody knows about,
 That this competition is extremely valuable to both of us
 Take it politically, for example
 Let's take the situation of Russia versus the United States
 Explicitly, in public, this has to be a big fight
 These two ways of life, these two ideologies, are opposed
 They say, "Brrrrrraaaagh," you know?
 But behind the scenes it's all been carefully worked out
 You bet it has
 That this opposition has to happen because our
 Economy depends on it, and their economy depends on it,
 And everybody knows this who's smart
 But there are a lot of people who get taken in
 By the propaganda, and they should be taken in,
 Because that makes the thing work
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 And everything works this way
 When swans start to mate, they're not sure what
 They're supposed to do, and they begin to fight
 I had a long talk about this with C. G. Jung
 He lived on the edge of Lake Zürich, and he had a
 Little summer house right on the water's edge,
 And there were many swans there
 And I was getting up after the end of a conversation with him
 And we were beginning to walk back to the main house,
 And I said, "Isn't it true that swans are monogamous?"
 And he said, "Yes, they are." He said, "Do you know,
 I have had most interesting relationships between these
 Swans and many of my female patients
 Who thought they were homosexual."
 And Jung wasn't a sexual snob – I mean,
 He understood all the legitimacy of all kinds of sexual variations
 But he said, "It has been a point of departure for our discussions"
 And he said, "It's a very funny thing that,
 When they begin to mate, they start fighting.
 And they don't know what it's all about, and then,
 Suddenly, the fight turns into lovemaking."
 So that's what I mean
 Underneath opposition there is love
 Underneath duality there's unity
 That Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 See, here's that weaving principle
 That things hold together by over-under,
 Under-over, over-under, under-over, over-under, under-over
 And that creates a stuff, it creates a fabric,
 It creates clothing, it creates shelter,
 It creates what we call matter
 Matter – Mater – Mother
 And also, the same word, māyā, "illusion."
 See? The world as a marvelous illusion
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 It's crazy, but that's the way it goes
 A marvelous illusion
 A marvelous illusion
 A marvelous illusion
 A marvelous illusion