I am a creature of the planet

Part of me is frantic, buzzing with activity.
Part of me is stuck in stillness, disturbed and unready
Part of me so hungry so damn tired of waiting
and the rest of me just wants to be let to sleep
stop thinking, start drinking, be happy so sappy

It’s okay to let the sleeping parts dream
It’s all right to let the frightened parts scream
they’re part of a story that you made up long ago
and if you don’t remember, that’s no excuse,
(‘ignorance of the law is no excuse’)

 

No use to blame your mother, blame your sister, blame your brother
no use to blame any one at all, everybody’s stalled for the lack of
the same fuel, we used it up together, we are innocent, we are fools
it’s called responsibility, it’s called, responsibility,
it calls and I respond, if I can

You should be equal to me, baby, that’s how we belong
only equal are we free, and we’re all right, and we’re all wrong
and I don’t know why we’re doing it this-a way
who stole our power, take it back, just got to say

I am a creature of the planet, I am not a homo sapien,
I reject the homo sapien way

I am letting the soft animal of my body love the things it loves