Puscifer - Simultaneous lyrics

So, the first time I saw him
Was at the annual city festival, at the end
Of the plaza, on, uh, "Punker Hill", also
Known as "The Island of Misfit's" um
It's like a mound of black
Leather and army surplus jackets and
Boots and spiky egg-white
Hairdos and mohawks and second
Generation Exploited and
Minor Threat and Sex Pistols
Patches and stuff basically
A haven for the misunderstood
Punk-y, rock-y, goth-y, "woe is me" types​

And, uh, and there he was
Right in the middle of
It all um, oversized yellow
Foam-rubber cowboy hat, and
Pink plastic Toys-R-Us pistols
And holster off-white
Dashiki, uh, shirt, and tattered bell


Bottom jeans, leather feet
Raleigh cigarette finger
Stains and he was an island within
An island, and I just
Kinda had to know more​

So, I, uhh
I sat with him for hours just trying to get a
Bearing on his beautiful insanity every third
Inquiry was met with, you know
An eloquent but unusual
Response, and, you know
The subsequent exchange, it kinda
Warranted continuing the conversation
Cause he was
He was interesting uh, 'course the other, the
Other reason my efforts were dismissed
While he took in the constant flow of
The festival crowd all around us​

Uh, a raging river of multi cultural
Music, art, food, families uh
All of this with his Walkman at full volume i
Think it was Foreigner
Playing through the headphones and I asked
Maybe, you know "Hey, maybe you
Could turn that down, so
We can talk?", and he replied "Can you hear
Me"? and I said "Yes", he said "Well
Then it's fine" he never
Really pretended, not once
To be able to organize all of
This chaos that was going on around us uh
He just unapologetically chose which
Pieces to focus on​

Well, you know
After a few hours we seemed to have
Found our stride, found our rhythm
Kinda settled into it, and we're having
These intermittent conversations, uh
Flipping back and forth between the chaos and
The focus and then, just kinda
Out of no where
He seemed to become a little unsettled
And disturbed and I asked
Him what was wrong and he
Just blurted out "Peanut parents in syrup"
And then he looked at me like I would know
What that means, and then he
Said, "You have any
Do you have any batteries?"
So basically his, his walkman was running out
Of power and he just needed batteries, so
Before I could ever turn and ask one
Of our fellow punkers for some double-A's
He grabbed my
Face with both hands, and then for the
First time in the entire conversation, he
Gave me his complete focus and
Attention, completely present, and calmly
Said "We will never know world peace
Until three people can
Simultaneously look each
Other straight in the eye"

Should the oceans rise (Rise, rise)
Should the sky come falling down
(Falling down)
Should the islands tremble beneath us
('neath us, 'neath us)
See our better nature blossom
(Blossom, blossom)

Should the sun rain fire (Rain fire)
Should Hell on Earth freeze over
(Freeze over)
And our inner beast wake hungry
See our better nature feed them
Should the sun rain fire
Should Hell on Earth freeze over
And our inner beast wake hungry
See our better nature feed and calm them

Find a way through, around, or over
Find a way through, around, or over
Find a way through, around, or over
Find a way through, around, or over

Find a way through, around, or over
(Around, or over, around, or over)
Find a way through, around, or over
(Around, or over, around, or over)
Find a way through, around, or over