Don’t We Get By?

Will the astonishment kill me?
Can I die from being blown aghast?
Somewhere out there a whale is swimming
Hey!
And when I find it, I will know at last

I seen the silversmiths in Baghdad and Bosra
And I laid eyes on them alone
I'm talking 'bout dimensions
I'm talking 'bout ascending
My soul's gonna know to come to me when I'm home

Trace me back a thousand mothers
Maybe time is just a magazine
I wanna tell all the things I know
How a mind can really grow
But then again, I ain't ever been

Unconditional love has conditions, love
Ask anyone. They know best
I thought that Jesus was for everyone
I picked the wrong-flavor Christ, I guess

But don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by alright?
Don't we get by alright?
Alright
We get by
Go

The skeletons of the living dead amongst us
Lived and laughed and loved so bitterly
And they said, "You had better hate
All the people that I hate
"You better wear the same skin as me."

I've seen camels weave themselves through needles
I've seen angels avoid the eyes of the dead
Still blessed are the meek
The geeks and the freaks
Blessed are cursed instead

But don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright
We get by

There are Mesopotamian visions
And then again, there are Midwestern dreams
I built a trebuchet to jump the wall and see 'em
While they were quarrying the Colosseum
I saw a copy of the facsimile

But don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright
We get by

Don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by
Don't we get by alright?
I get by alright
Alright
We get by