It’s not that I don’t care about reality

In fact, I wish I knew just what it is

I know it’s something more than it appears to be

And that’s as close as I can get to it.

I care, I do, I really do, but then again

It's not the only thing that's on my mind

I'm rearranging puzzle pieces made of air

In hopes a bigger picture's what I’ll find.

The atoms of an answer pop up now and then

At times when nothing else is going on

But layers of the everyday suck up the air

I wake, I race, and then each day is done.

One distraction, two distractions

Three distractions, four…

Waste no time

Love those you love

Work hard and guard the door.

It’s not that I don’t care about reality

The truth is that it's really so not so

I know it’s something more than it appears to be

 A fact I can't imagine letting go.

It’s only understanding what I cannot see

And cannot hear, or smell, or taste, or touch

It may be just a sheer impossibility

My brain can maybe only know so much.

I saw a brand-new picture of the galaxy

As big as big and small as small could be

With shapes we see in nature all around although

At scales that seem to chase infinity.

It’s not that I don’t care about reality

The more I look the more I hope to see

I know it’s something more than it appears to be

And that's the thing that's tantalizing me.

It’s not that I don’t care about reality

In fact, I wish I knew just what it is

I know it’s something more than it appears to be

And that’s as close as I can get to it.

One distraction, two distractions

Three distractions, four…

Waste no time

Love those you love

Work hard and guard the door.