Periscopes

Need help looking around, looking around, looking around
You can use my periscope... my periscope
Looking around, looking around, don't be blinded now
You can use my periscope... my periscope

Looking around, looking around, oh looking around
You can use my periscope
My periscope (Yeah)

Well all things aside there is some hope
With the rest of the world saying that's all she wrote
Accusing eachother of miscounting votes
Choosing our favorites, without the rose
In this same boat, and we're all afloat
With Me and Mr. Jones, the Counting Crows
And a big yellow taxi on surrounding roads
We gotta keep perspective, the high and lows

World got me bogged down, staying in the trench
We trust social media to narrate these events
But what are we playing for
The World's making mistakes, we write em off as intent
Only when it affects us - we seem to repent
Friendly fire - don't know who we're drove against
Nothing accomplished when we say we're both correct
Fuming both ways, until we both eject
We come out worse, & reflect in text

And I digress, Just thinking out loud to unwind this mess
I digest everything that I have guessed
Let's look back at clocks, see what time has kept
For good bad or worse, man I'm in stress
No more listening to what Simon says
Walking up this road, as inclined it gets
Right now, focus on vibes I inject

Looking around, looking around, looking around
You can use my periscope. My periscope
Looking around, looking around don't be blinded now
You can use my periscope
My periscope

There is some hope, use my periscope
Laughing at eachother, we embarrass both
Favorite show, fly through a couple episodes
United us both, like we're Polaris flown

Taking turns, yeah the fairness shows
No pride in doing something under the sheriff's nose
Seats all around, act as no one's in the rows
Repeat back to me

Fuck it we're all just people
I don't want to get up here and have to write a sequel
We all have different definitions of peace and evil
But Ask this world, why we killed the Beatles
All this divide, what we choose to conceal
We should talk about it when we dine with meals
We forget whats fact and real, look up Barry Bonds and steals
After all the plus and minus equals

Fuck it take it what you will this is my perspective
I want people as their own, no mind collective
Ears and eyes receptive, peeling through the fine objectives
Hell this is what I do, I'm inventive
Just helping people see what their mind can send in
So encase the envelope, send in my direction
Let's talk about it, see if I want to sign the message
Erik Evans - hope you find receptive

Looking around, looking around, looking around
You can use my persicope
My periscope... my persicpe

Looking around, looking around
You can use my periscope

Just want you to look a little closer
Look beyond yourself