Siren Song
A song inspired by Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan"
LYRICS & CHORDS
(D) "Hello Beatrice, (Am) wife", he (G) said sepulchral(D)ly
"I have had quite e(Am)nough of (G) your heliola(D)try.
I've tried to treat the whole (C) thing (G)most gentleman(D)ly
But rejection of the (Am) truth is (G) just plain recusan(D)cy!"
(D)"Winston, don't be a (Am) pain!" she re(G)plied haughti(D)ly
"Attitudes like (Am)that come a(G)cross appalling(D)ly!"
"I'll worship as I (C) will" she (G) murmured sexi(D)ly
But her husband received the (Am)hint (G)most ungrateful(D)ly
The (F#m)words go round and round
I(G)deas come and go
If (F#m) any of it means anything
Is (Em) something we'll never (A) know
"I've reached the top at last!" sighed young Malachi
"Someone up there likes me, the explanation must be!"
"Yet, I feel a void inside", he echoed emptily
"Success has not banished from mind: it's all a travesty!"
CHORUS
So we all spend our days avoiding insanity
Inventing meaning at will is called normality
Caught in the outer rim of a spiral galaxy
Trading explanations of how we came to be
CHORUS