Lyrics Julian Casablancas – The Eternal Tao

— Eitan
— Hi, I’m Fred
— Hi, my name’s Mike and if you’re sitting there watching this tape smoking your cigarette, well, hit the fast forward button because I don’t smoke and I don’t like people who do smoke
— I’m not afraid to get sand on my tuxedo if you’re not afraid to let the wind mess your hair up a little bit when I take the top down

T.E.
T.E.T. cannot be whispered
T.E.
T.E.T
The Tao can’t be sung
I long to know what is beyond me
I try to change what I should not change
Realistically optimistic
I’m a philosopher, not a mystic
No more playing now, I’m on a mission
But I forgive a man if he doesn’t listen
I see Lucifer makes a good living
A philosophy so limiting

Everyone got decisions to make
Oh, yeah, baby, got bills to pay
The truth lies beyond what you see
I’m not mad at you

When I get my turn
When I get my turn
Staying on my toes
Oh, they will see
Forget everything you heard
Forget everything you heard
You don’t know who’s feeding it to you
When I was sixteen

Now we build statues of robots
Humanity is already a memory

Nothing’s black or white, it’s all grey
Honesty without tack is cruelty
Nothing turns me on like what you say
Bending towards pending demise

When I get my turn
When I get my turn
Staying on my toes
Oh, they will see
Forget everything you heard
Forget everything you heard
You don’t know who’s feeding it to you
When I was sixteen
When I was si-sixteen
Nobody believed
«Music’s for you»
It’s harder than I thought
But when my time it comes
Will I be prepared?
I guess we’ll see

End of the daydream
Nine zillion lane highway
Was not part of the deal

When I get my way
When I get my way (Nothing is ever)
When I get my way (Deleted anymore)
When I get my way
When I get my way
When I get my way (The mind wants to play)
When I get my way
(Free from the assembly line of thought)