Abstraction (Big Band Version)

Every day it starts the same

We're called into the tent by Caine

To take part in some silly game

To keep our sanity

And though I know this world is strange

I won't allow myself to change

I try my best and work to save

My old humanity

Hey Pomni, come inside

We've got a wild ride

Hey, look, your shoe's untied

Very funny, I'll pass on this adventure

Are you sure?

Yeah, can't you see?

I'm fine (she's fine)

I won't lose my mind

I don't need your dumb distractions

I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)

I'm fine (she's fine)

I won't lose my mind

You won't get the satisfaction

I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)

No

Every day it starts the same

I get a taste of where I came from

But I can't recall my name

Or any other thing about me

Every time I start to crack

My friends are there to get my back

We're like a house of cards, in fact

I know they'd fall apart without me

Hey, Pomni, you okay?

You're looking rough today

Wow, that's so nice to say

Wait, sorry

I stare into the mirror and repeat 'til I believe-

I'm fine (she's fine)

I won't lose my mind

I don't need your dumb distractions

I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)

I'm fine (she's fine)

I won't lose my mind

You won't get the satisfaction

I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)

No

Oh, Pom, can't you see that we are your new family?

We will keep you sane and strong

If you break, don't let it start to shake

There's more that you can take

So please don't let me be wrong

Every day and every night, it all ends up the same (Pomni, stay calm)

So why waste time with friends (Pomni, stay calm)

When I can escape a different way?

I cannot eat, I cannot sleep

I have a mouth, but I can't scream

Loud enough to change the scenery

Inside of this machinery

A polygonal prison

Made of one and zero digits

And I wonder if that's all I am

This form that I've been given

Or my mind is in a coma

And this nightmare will preserve it

Maybe this is all a test

Maybe somehow I deserve it

And these thoughts

That fly inside my head

I'm filled with existential dread

That's why I lie awake in bed

And stay up wishing I was dead

But I'm fine

I won't lose my mind

I don't need your dumb distractions

I'm no abstraction

I'm fine (she's fine)

I won't lose my mind

You won't get the satisfaction

I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)

No