White Noise

Beiges and browns, off-whites and grayscales Fluorescent lights to shine on the eggshell ground Now you're lying face down You blend into the background Of white noise They fill the halls with tunes you can't get into your head 4/4 and Dorian, wrote 'em for ignoring ‘em yeah It sorta sounds like a retro top 40 but wrong You're not meant to sing along It isn't that kind of song It's white noise But if you listen closely I swear To God, I swear You can hear the ocean if you hold it up to your ear Here White noise (If you listen close between the waves) White noise (You can feel the ocean through your wake) White noise (If you listen close between the waves) White noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) Check one, two, check one, two It's high-fidelity Lossless quality It's MP, one, two, three, four, five, F-L-A-C It's polyphonic The new Philharmonic With a Juilliard doctorate Live from the Metropolitan It's theoretically dense It's impressive It's microtonal and it challenges Western notions of art It's post-avant-garde It's going places ‘cause it comes from the heart And it's personality's a lack of identity It makes no statement, but does so quite loudly It's an aesthetic I mean an anesthetic And it's an experience for your seventh sense, yes Does it cure cancer? (Yes, it cures cancer!) Wow! It begs the question, just to tell you the answer Do you believe in the power of silence? Well if you walk the walk, can you talk more (Shh!) Quiet White noise (If you listen close between the waves) White noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) White noise (If you listen close between the waves) White noise (You can hear the ocean through your wake) You fill your head with thoughts you find you can't even feel Try to make room in your skull but it's full of them All of the things that you think and think about thinking I know it's hard But they're not who you are They're white noise --- White Noise - Will Wood