How long before I get in   Before it starts, before I begin?   How long before you decide   Before I know what it feels like?   Where to, where do I go?   If you never try, then you'll never know   How long do I have to climb   Up on the side of this mountain of mine?      Look up, I look up at night   Planets are moving at the speed of light   Climb up, up in the trees   Every chance that you get is a chance you seize   How long am I gonna stand   With my head stuck under the sand?   I’ll start before I can stop   Before I see things the right way up      All that noise, and all that sound   All those places that I have found   And birds go flying at the speed of sound   To show you how it all began   Birds came flying from the underground   If you could see it then you'd understand      Ideas that you'll never find   Or the inventors could never design   The buildings that you put up   Japan and China all lit up   The sign that I couldn't read   Or the light that I couldn't see   Some things you have to believe   But others are puzzles, puzzling me      All that noise, and all that sound   All those places that I have found   And birds go flying at the speed of sound   To show you how it all began   Birds came flying from the underground   If you could see it then you'd understand   Oh when you see it then you'll understand      All those signs, I knew what they meant   Some things you can't invent   Some get made, and some get sent   Ooh…      Birds go flying at the speed of sound   To show you how it all began   Birds came flying from the underground   If you could see it then you'd understand   Oh, when you see it then you'll understand