Just Once in the World

Found the throughline
 For all humankind
 If given the time
 They'll blow up or walk on the moon
 It's just what they do
 For personal gain
 On Thanksgiving Day
 I joined the parade
 I stood at the top of the float
 And threw out a rose
 Watched a blast from the past
 Indigenous dance
 Started to laugh
 And then I just started to cry
 This world is waving goodbye
 So cut a rug, let's throw a party
 Birthday cards for everyone
 Swallow hard and say you're sorry
 Just admit what you have done
 I've studied your work
 Like architecture
 Cathedral of words
 The meaning's not easy to tell
 Comes back 'round on itself
 Admirers, your biographer
 The odometer
 There's no way to turn back the clock
 It's gonna run 'til it stops
 So excited to play
 Turned up all the way
 Electric, ecstatic, psychotic
 Jumped into the drums
 Was pandemonium
 So if it's time, let's go together
 I will be your ballast now
 Let's sail into that stormy weather
 No matter how it turns out
 I just want to stand by your side (stand by your side)
 When everyone calls you a lie
 I'll be your shield (be your shield)
 There's still some truth worth defending
 Let's stroll to the edge of the cliff (here am I, exposed)
 Stop here and give me a kiss
 Now we're walking on air (pretend I'm there)
 There's no hell beneath our feet
 If it ever occurred
 Just once in the world
 A love as absurd as ours
 I would scream what we lost
 From the mountaintop