symbolic engineer

you measure what was said on a small scale
the word seems cramped and painful on the page
there's no provision here for joy or rage

lakes rivers oceans fit within a pail
there is no other method we could gauge
you measure what was said on a small scale

truth and desire are both put up for sale
we are not told just how to pay each wage
but something must be placed inside the cage
you measure what was said on a small scale

a release of air

there can be reason for the world to sigh

but none for us to speak out of our turn

what seems so fair is not so in your eye

 

we bring the product but you will not buy

you work so hard for what we did not earn

there can be reason for the world to sigh

 

into those actions we are not to pry

those are the meanings we could not discern

what seems so fair is not so in your eye

 

allow the messenger to hear your reply

while the deep waters slowly steam and churn

there can be reason for the world to sigh

 

those furthest have most reason not to cry

for no good reason but for great concern

what seems most fair is not so in your eye

 

we do not answer when the insects fly

deeds are the means by which we have to learn

there can be reason for the world to sigh

what seems so fair is not so in our eye