There are moments in a lifetime that feel frozen   When you feel as helpless as a whale crashed on the beach   And it's a skeleton you've feared since 1990   But you learned to learn, so now you've gotta learn to teach   'Cause when you realize that your mom looks like your sister   And your uncle like your cousin with a mustache   You've gotta take some time to stop and wonder   Do you look like your dad?   So crashed there on the sand you started singing   A song whose melody you lost   While I was swimming in the sea so warm, I drifted off   The same waters that once rose up in a fury   Then carried me so gently back to the shore   The song you sang was of the way the tide is blind   I said I couldn't agree more   The earth is spinning on its axis   Sometimes helplessness attacks us   And with walls against our backs   Here comes the storm   But to spin means repetition    Grit your teeth and toss the fish into   The well, here comes your wish to be reborn   You'll be born as a crustacean   With the same heart and situation   Always clawing at elation like you are   But new body, new perspective   And since you all are still connected   All the bonds that you've erected will hold strong   There are moments when your conscience gets confused   Pacing up and down an empty corridor   But that's the reason that you have a gut   For when you can't think anymore