Shift
(Galacticus 9 B-Side)
Performed by Johnny Stranger
Written by Peter Anthony
Shifting and twisting
A sea of perspectives dissolve
Rhetoric spilling
from mouths that are dripping resolve
Jupiter’s waning
While Saturn traverses the stars
Look for the meaning
Base it on gut feeling
Then declare the outside a lie
Disarm and tell me what’s real
Must hurt in order to heal
There’s gotta be something else
They’ll lie to you
Just to make it true
Just to make it for you
Just to make it true
To control you
They want you
They want you
They want you
Imagine that you are floating
Alone out in space
Next to Alpha Centauri
With galaxies each way you face
Draw constellations
from patterns you spy in the stars
But change your position
Yeah, shift your perspective
And all your connections are gone
Disarm and tell me what’s real
Must hurt in order to heal
There’s gotta be something else
They’ll lie to you
Just to make it true
Just to make it for you
Just to make it true
To control you
They want you
They want you
They want you
Shift your perspective
And then confront all you’ve rejected
The abject, abstract
The demon that won’t get off your back
So and we’ll know
Covered in afterglow
I may never know the secrets in your spires
I will never fall for comfy, easy answers
I’m a little cold, but love keeps me on fire
I’m a little cold, but I won’t lie to myself
They want you
They want you
They want you