Outside my house there was a hill of ants
I'd sit and watch you shine the sun
through dictionary glass
and torment them with stomping feet
I never said a word then
But later
I couldn't sleep
I couldn't sleep

The fragile ants, their fragile lives
So often end
Abruptly with a crunch
Abruptly with a crunch
Their fragile bodies cannot survive
The forces of the outer pressure applied
the outer pressure applied

A journeying army of crabs
presenting armor to the world
as though it can defend
against a flying block of metal and
the thoughtless machines of men

The fragile crabs, their fragile lives
So often end
Abruptly with a crunch
Abruptly with a crunch
Their fragile bodies cannot survive
The forces of the outer pressure applied
the outer pressure applied

And in my monkey suit
I parachute above it all
Descending slow
Ignoring my own fall

The fragile monkeys, their fragile lives
So often end
Abruptly with a crunch
Abruptly with a crunch