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you don't have to be a scientist to do experiments on your own heart
i had no place to put myself but i had lots of time
so i threw out some past & made room for more future
now i'm standing on the seam between my merories & dreams
and i see a better person waiting his turn to be me

you don't have to be a scientist to do experiments on your own heart
now i'm running down the runway in between gigantic numbers
with my knapsack & a zéro for a halo
and my halo's got a hole in it so it don't keep me dry
but it's ok cuz my brain is my heart 's umbrella

you don't have to be a scientist to do experiments on your own heart
i had a girl, i had to leave,
i saw a face upon my sleeve
it kept talking so i put it in the laundry
& as it spun & spun it tried to ask me what i'd done
but i was gone on down the road out the wind
cuz you think patience is a vertue
& what you don't know can't hurt you
& that events can change & shape us
more than we can change ourselves
& that concious attempt at growth is stupid,
and i should relax and be myself
& you even think it's arrogant to try

but you don't have to be a scientist to do experiments on your own heart
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