Can't Unask a Question

Outside the sands
And inside the cells
I know ancient Cairo
Has some stories to tell
With a drum and a trumpet
And two cave figures kissin'
Still I'm too shy to look at it
And too scared to listen

You might wrap a mummy back up
Once that mummy is unmasked
But you can't unask a question
Once that question has been asked

Oils and clay, pencils and thread
You'll see that this gallery's
Full of color and sweat
Every name has a number below
Some less, some more
If you break it, you buy it
And you'll break it for sure

Sure you might glue back a statue
Once that statue has been cracked
But you can't unask a question
Once that question has been asked

You can try to float it towards the sky
In a hot-air balloon basket
Or to bury it beneath some prairie
In a fancy solid cherry casket
Digest or divorce it
Do your best to ignore it
But I'll never unhear it
And you'll never unask it

Hung where we slept
Shots made to last
Rings we skipped like rocks
Before our spirits were glass
Now we're searching so hard
For each shard that took flight
Seeing glimmers when they
Catch the sun just right

Piecing together any answers
That were just beyond our grasp
'Cause you can't unask a question
Once that question has been asked