Edward Kenny

SAN ANDREAS' FAULT

AND MAYBE, I LEARNED TOO LATE,
HOW TO LIVE ON A TECTONIC PLATE,
‘CAUSE, IF YOU DON'T PICK A SIDE,
EVENTUALLY, YOUR WORLDS WILL COLLIDE.

FAIR FOR SURE IN LOVE AND WAR,
‘TIL YOU GET STRUCK BY A METEOR,
BREAK, AND ROLL INTO THE SEA,
WHERE THE TERRA FIRMA USED TO BE.

AND IT'S SAN ANDREAS' FAULT, (CHORUS)
'CAUSE HE KEPT HIS FEELINGS LOCKED UP IN VAULT,
AND NOW, HE'S BECOME A WANDERING GHOST,
OR A DINOSAUR AT THE VERY MOST.
AND IT’S SAN ANDREAS’ FAULT,
YEAH, HE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOUR WOUNDS MORE SALT,
AND I WISH HE’D GO BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE
AND LEAVE ME ALONE TO LOVE YOU IN PEACE.

VOLCANOES BUILD UP INSIDE,
AND MOUNTAINS OF MUD ARE BOUND TO SLIDE,
AND ONE DAY WE LOOK AROUND
AND SEE EVERYTHING BURNED TO THE GROUND.

DRAWING HEARTS ON THE ROCKS FOR YEARS,
BUT FOR SOME FOSSILS, IT DISAPPEARS.
AND WHERE THE LAND WAS, IS THE SEA,
AND OUR LOVE IS BUT A MEMORY.

AND IT'S SAN ANDREAS' FAULT, (CHORUS)
'CAUSE HE KEPT HIS FEELINGS LOCKED UP IN VAULT,
AND NOW, HE'S BECOME A WANDERING GHOST,
OR A DINOSAUR AT THE VERY MOST.
AND IT’S SAN ANDREAS’ FAULT,
YEAH, HE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOUR WOUNDS MORE SALT,
AND I WISH HE’D GO BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE
AND LEAVE ME ALONE TO LOVE YOU IN PEACE.

BABY, THERE’S A FIRE IN MY SOUL
AND IT’S BEEN BURNING OUT OF CONTROL,
THERE WILL BE A QUAKE
AND IT WILL BREAK,
ONLY YOU CAN MAKE ME WHOLE.

AND IT'S SAN ANDREAS' FAULT, (CHORUS)
'CAUSE HE KEPT HIS FEELINGS LOCKED UP IN VAULT,
AND NOW, HE'S BECOME A WANDERING GHOST,
OR A DINOSAUR AT THE VERY MOST.
AND IT’S SAN ANDREAS’ FAULT,
YEAH, HE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOUR WOUNDS MORE SALT,
AND I WISH HE’D GO BACK TO ANCIENT GREECE
AND LEAVE ME ALONE TO LOVE YOU IN PEACE.

I used to go talk to the old man,
When I needed advice,
While it's true, he was only human,
That was a minor vice.

I used to look out at the ocean,
Just searching for a line,
Now, I have poetry in motion
That really isn't mine.

I saw Leonardo and Shakespeare
Both spinning in their graves,
They say, “although art won't disappear,
The artists will be slaves.”

But hey, I'm just an old man,
Why would you listen to me?
Say, "goodbye to the old man,
Hello, singularity."

I used to look up to the heavens,
Awed by the starry nights,
But now, I get all my directions
From the great satellites.

I would set off on an adventure,
Try to find the road,
I don't need to do that anymore,
But, new seeds won't be sowed.

And now, you don't see many town folk
In temple, church or mosque.
We control water with a keystroke,
Leave fire on the bosque.

But, we had to discover
For the sake of discovery,
Say, "goodbye to the old man,
Hello singularity."

How did we go so far asunder,
As if we didn't know?
Did we ever stop to ponder,
Words from years ago?

Now, you don't need a key to enter,
A code controls the doors,
And 'though you might be a dissenter,
Now, your house isn't yours.

Once we had the keys to the kingdom,
We traded them away,
Without asking if there was wisdom
In the new, better way.

But, can we still recover
The lost soul of humanity?
Well, try to find the old man,
Before singularity.

As I was getting set to travel,
Transforming molecules,
I asked, "how did this all unravel,
Surrendered to such fools?"

I guess that we were just distracted,
And maybe, we were spoiled,
We didn't think we'd be impacted,
With better angels foiled.

And what will it be like tomorrow?
Or is that day today?
If we feel artificial sorrow,
Who'll wipe our tears away?

I've heard there are advances
That might last for eternity,
But you won't find the old man,
After singularity.

‘Though, my favorite show is streaming,
I can’t find the remote,
So, I guess I’ll go back to dreaming
And leave you on that note.

And yet, I’m left to wonder
Just where that remote could be,
I guess I’m just and old man
Ripe for singularity.

I have some things to tell you,
But I have no voice.
I know I would do well to
Make a better choice.

Then, maybe you would see me,
'Though I have no form,
I wish that you would free me,
Make my body warm.

But that's something you can't do, (Bridge)
It's something no one can.
Who could give their love to
The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man, the Invisible Man (Chorus)
That no one sees or hears,
Until the day someone loves him
And then, he suddenly appears.

I'm sorry if I scare you
When I'm standing near,
There's something that I fear too,
It's that you won't care.

There's no need to reject me,
'Cause I don't exist,
No skin or bones protect me
And I can't be kissed.

And that's something you can't do, (Bridge)
It something no one can.
Who could give their love to
The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man, the Invisible Man (Chorus)
That no one sees or hears,
Until the day someone loves him
And then, he suddenly appears.

I want so much to hold you,
But I have no arms,
Through empty air I'm rolled through
Wind that never calms.

And that's something you can't do, (Bridge)
It's something no one can.
Who could give their love to
The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man, the Invisible Man (Chorus)
That no one sees or hears,
Until the day someone loves him
And then, he suddenly appears.

I saw it like a silent movie,
My name was the only one they'd call,
Her voice was the only one that moved me,
So, I could take the stage and not fall.

It was the last game for a player,
A young boy who once had big league dreams,
Also, for a starry-eyed cheerleader,
With a smile for him of brilliant beams.

Trophies, trophies, (CHORUS)
Silent shiny heroes and their sweet heroines,
Trophies, trophies,
Never speaking of their losses, only wins.

As the years passed like bullets through me,
She stopped chasing, my heart paralyzed,
She would never know what she meant to me,
Or how long she'd had me hypnotized.

One day by chance as we were meeting,
Where there shined a fading summer sun,
And I wondered if she too was hurting,
As we spoke of news in Washington.

Trophies, trophies, (CHORUS)
Silent shiny heroes and their sweet heroines,
Trophies, trophies,
Never speaking of their losses, only wins.

A subject i don't enter lightly,
Afraid to open a bitter can, (Middle Eight)
A springtime girl once bloomed so bright,
An ugly duckling became a man.
Look back with me...
As a golden athlete prevails,
Beating the odds of the loving games,
And with a silver-winged woman he sails,
Up until they both come down in flames.

Blowing the dust off old memories,
Sorting through the fragments of a dream,
Funny looking at these old trophies,
Could they be as rusty as they seem?

Trophies, trophies,
Silent shiny heroes and their sweet heroines,
Trophies, trophies,
Never speaking of their losses, only wins.

And so there shined a light above Balmoral,
And in that beam were stairs cascading down,
Then she took His hand and began ascending,
Fulfilled her tasks to leave behind the crown.

Violet, blue, green, orange, red and indigo,
But in the last watch only light was seen,
Until on the wings of another morning,
It flew off with the spirit of the Queen.

In Aberdineshire in Scotland, (CHORUS)
Land where mountains rise and gardens grow,
There’s a castle and a legend
Of a heroine from long ago.

Two sides of the sword of a tradition,
They can be hard to hold and to let go,
And in the end we are all only human,
The best of us will do the best we know.

Once upon a time there was a princess,
Like the stars aligned in a time and place,
Where above the blood, the treasure and power,
There rose a woman of such love and grace.

In Aberdineshire in Scotland, (CHORUS)
Land where mountains rise and gardens grow,
There’s a castle and a legend,
Of a heroine from long ago.

And so there shined a light above Balmoral…

THE SOUNDS OF BARROOM LAUGHTER
DROWN A MUFFLED VOICE,
WE TAKE OUR FIRST STEPS BEFORE
WE MAKE OUR FIRST CHOICE.

ALTHOUGH THE BODY CHANGES,
THE ECHOES REMAIN,
ALL THE DAYS THAT WENT BEFORE
ARE LINKS TO A CHAIN.

AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD (CHORUS)
YOU FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THE REST
AND IF YOU KNEW WHAT NORMAL WAS
IT WOULDN’T BE SOMETHING YOU GUESSED.
AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD
YOU COME TO TASTE THE STRONGEST PROOF,
ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO LIE,
YOU STILL JUST COULDN’T TELL THE TRUTH.

AT LAST WHEN LOVE CAME CALLING,
HOW IT MADE YOU WHOLE,
UNTIL DOWN IT ALL TUMBLED
OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

SHOULD BE AN EASY PROCESS,
JUST TO HAVE SOME FUN,
BUT THERE’S A GUILTY PARTY,
YOU THINK YOU’RE THE ONE.

AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD (CHORUS)
YOU FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THE REST,
AND IF YOU KNEW WHAT NORMAL WAS,
IT WOULDN’T BE SOMETHING YOU GUESSED.
AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD
YOU COME TO TASTE THE STRONGEST PROOF,
ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO LIE,
YOU STILL JUST COULDN’T TELL THE TRUTH.

YET, THERE IS A CURE,
IT’S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO OWN,
SO, TAKE SOMEONE’S HAND,
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ALONE.

AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD (CHORUS)
YOU FEEL DIFFERENT FROM THE REST,
AND IF YOU KNEW WHAT NORMAL WAS,
IT WOULDN’T BE SOMETHING YOU GUESSED.
AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT CHILD
YOU COME TO TASTE THE STRONGEST PROOF,
ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO LIE,
YOU STILL JUST COULDN’T TELL THE TRUTH.

I’m looking down at God’s creation,
All nestled here within my arms,
I’d give my life, no hesitation
Before an eyelash something harms.

He is the source of my ambition,
He is the joy that fills my days,
I’ll love him without a condition,
Express it in so many ways.

And no scientist can explain to me (CHORUS)
How in dark diamond eyes that smiled
All the universe was revealed to me
There in the face of my grandchild.

There is a future of elation,
Also, the certainty of tears,
But, in every situation
There lies the meaning of these years.

All I can do is give love to him
And to my son and to his wife,
Now, as we connect a brand-new limb
Upon the tree that is our life.

And no scientist can explain to me (CHORUS)
How in dark diamond eyes that smiled
All the universe was revealed to me
There in the face of my grandchild.