Under The Lid

Words by Paul Streckfus
Music by Jorge Lara, Lino Max, Juan Ramos, Ernest Salaz, and Paul Streckfus

With a very hard rock
And a heavy brick
I took my muscles
To the edge of the lake
Broke the surface
Sucked in suffocation
Walked onto the water
Just like
My sisters did
Yelled out creatures the sky is a lid
It's getting hotter
And we can't get out
Lid’s closed tight
That we can't get out
This planet is a prison but I see a small hole
It's just big enough
For me to climb out

Under the lid
Under the shell
I bust the boundary
That made Icarus fall

We were all thrown in with famine and war
To add some taste to the swill
The politicians and the morticians
Have set the table for the kill
My phone's been tapped
My job video-taped
But they don't know I've been planning escape
Watching the stars
For the right time
Keep a wide eye

Under the lid
Under the shell
I bust the boundary
That made Icarus
Icarus

Gonna build a rocket
And go straight up
Fly in a saucer
To the lip of the cup
You aren't seeing much
When you say that's forbid
Billion bubbles
Five billion boiling under the lid
Head straight for Mars Pluto X
When I get there I'm gonna
Get me some sex
With the creepy crawly things
That come up to speak
The atmosphere is thick
And I feel so weak
When I get there I'm gonna raise hell


As my bones start to freeze
And my eyeballs melt

Stick my ear underwater
I can hear the creatures say
I have just one wish to make
Bust the surface
Leave this lake
Grow some bones for walking
Got a lid of our own
Stop your talking
Got a lid of our own
We live under a lid
I live under a lid
I live
I live I live under a lid
I live I live I live