Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full

   Don't kid yourself.

   Not only is the glass half empty, but whatever is in the glass is evaporating even now as you ponder this question. What you saw as half full isn't half full any longer. The liquid particles in the top membrane have gained enough energy from the surrounding matter to escape their viscous membranic prison.

   Good for them, yes. Good for the particles. Good to be free. Good to fly away and coalesce with other freed particles to play and fall upon the head of some unsuspecting umbrellaless soul.

   Not good, however, for the man in the suede jacket with no skyward held water-shield. Not good for the thirsty glass observer contemplating his own outlook on life. Those free particles may have hydrated a cell on the verge of mutating, on the verge of becoming malignant. It may have been healed, but now it is over...

   My advice to you: "Carpe diem! Grab the glass! Drink it now! Don't think! Careful, don't spill... "

   "Ah... That is good... That is better, isn't it... "

   "What? What's that you say? It was half full of air, and half full of... arsenic? Oh, well... Look on the bright side. It wasn't quite half full."

   "Ponder this in the remaining seconds you have... "

You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're older still

Time is marching on
And time is still marching on

This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's sooner still

You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're older still

They Might be Giants - Lyrics for "Older"

(0) - Post a Comment