Baba Brinkman, Smoky Tiger - Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams in the Western Wilderness lyrics

I dreamed I was a butterfly, having a dream
I was a man having a dream I was a butterfly
So what am I? I’m a butterfly man
Like Aaron Nazrul, or maybe a pterodactyl
My mental state is very adaptable
I dreamed of a light in the sky and everybody
Was running from it terrified
And trying to hide
Except some people had a light in their eyes
Like "Yes the apocalypse, now it’s our time"
And they were like parasites, and predators
With nothing
But lust and violence on their bloody minds
But where’s my tribe? Where’s
My sister and my
Cousins and, wait, did my brother survive?
I find them in a secret
Village filled with people
Singing about civilization and how
We killed it
Like "it’s time to destroy and rebuild it"
"It’s time to destroy and rebuild it
The cities are poisoned and filled with noise
And filth and we always feel sick and joyless
So, it's time to destroy and rebuild it
Apocalyptic utopian dreams
In the western wilderness, goin’ insane
Thinkin’ like nothin’ exists but this place
That’s how we get away from
The stress of the everyday

I dreamed I was a soldier, fighting in a war
I didn’t understand, just wishing it was over
I was shoulder to shoulder with
Some brave men and women
Thinkin' if I could just save them
Then that made sense
I dreamed I was a politician
Full of positive intentions
But every policy I followed
Went the wrong direction
And all the people really wanted
Was a strong protector
So that’s what they got
With all the consequences
I dreamed I was a rap
Phenomenon makin’ the hottest
Songs, livin’ like the Shah of Iran
Drivin’ the Audubon
In August in an Audi with
Some hot mamas in thongs
But then I lost the common touch
And it all went wrong
I dreamed I was a woman who
Wasn’t in love with me
Even though I wanted her to be
I disgusted me
Watching myself grovel, like, "what a freak"
While I kept on pleading with her
Like: "Touch me please,!"

Apocalyptic utopian dreams
In the western wilderness, goin’ insane
Thinkin’ like nothin’ exists but this place
That’s how we get away from
The stress of the everyday
I dreamed of a paradigm shift
The kind that only happens
After a terrible crisis
And I didn’t know what the crisis
Was and I didn’t care
Lives were lost and not mine
And that isn’t fair
But, I was a witness to it all, sitting there
Watching as the dynamic shifted
As if the Titanic had
Drifted into that cataclysmic
Collision, only instead of
Panicked and cannibalistic
People actually acted in their collective
Rational interests
The whole planet was pacifistic
And yet somehow it still had defenses
Against the animalistic instincts
Of degenerate
Misfit's, and instead of massive weapons
All we manufactured was cures
For cancer and sickness
And new games to play and
Ways to explore space
I just wish I could remember
What provoked the change

Apocalyptic utopian dreams
In the western wilderness, goin’ insane
Thinkin’ like nothin’ exists but this place
That’s how we get away from
The stress of the everyday