Core Lyrics

Johnnie met Sally over Gilgamesh

Then he bit that apple, tasted of the flesh

They left Eden with the Core stuffed inside of her bra

Strapped into an Odyssey of awe

Hey, Telemakhos telephoned, said we got no class today," she said

He said, I never had any anyway

She said, Honey you've got tragedy on the brain

Have a tasty libation, make you whole again.

Turn your Furies to friendlies, and finish up your plate

Oh, come out of your cave and be my soul mate

At the Core of it all, we are looking for some answers

Makes us feel kinda small, but we'd rather take our chances

And if we fall in the Fall, we can Spring back to our stances

If we learn the least paltry little thing which brings us closer to the Core of it all

He said - If you're my purest friend why are we having strife?

She said "It's the way of the crazy hot-blooded college life

But be Yin to my Yang and we'll go 'round forever

If you are like Vishnu then I'll be like Shiva

Don't drop me like a shellfish on the sandy beach

To go running for your burning boats - they won't float

Find another way to Rome, and help me study for the final

While you're at it, kiss me, stop living in denial

If your greatest sin was apple theft, you're worse than Christ

Well have we braved the Inferno, is this Paradise?

At the Core of it all, we watch thought and feeling struggle

Though we sit and make scrawl, there's just too much there to juggle

But a clarion call can cut through the endless muddle

Just a voice to say it's all right is at the Core of the Core of it all

Tell me a tale to make our pilgrimage go smoothly darling

Don't ever ask me if I think life is unduly hard

Ascend your mountain thinking 'bout indoctrination, institution

Insulate yourself against it, power comes from self-ablution

You poke through my windmills and destroy yourself with questioning

Don't be a fool when you deserve to be the rightful king

Leer at those other girls and no more will you see me

You've got to think before you can be

There's no you without there's a me

Oh Johnnie, did we lose Paradise? I think maybe

Johnnie and Sally had an argument

Which led to a subsequent breaking of their firmament

They burned hot and they burned fast

They burned with a love that was never made to last

He wished things were different, she wished things were better

And after they finished, she wrote him a letter, it said

I think I will always love you the best

I can't love you like I love all the rest

Well, it's getting late, I think I'm gonna hit the sack

But Johnnie, we ought to see if we can put that apple back

At the end of it all, we are hoping for a rest

But we can ace our exams and still fail the final test

Of giving love to the one thing in this world we think the best

And you can't rest if you're lying awake, and sick with thoughts about the Core

Of the Core of the Core of the Core of the Core of the Core of it all