Ballad of the Familiar Strange

Now we're all capable of both love and hate
But we want love to win in the end, and I hope it's not too late
For that crucial change
When we see through the eyes of the Familiar Strange

Occasionally, there's a moment of some familiar scent
But it's been so long, you can't exactly place
Ah, well it just came and went
And now you'll never know
But wasn't it beautiful, wasn't it just like this la-ti-do?

Wherever we go
We still get that old
Familiar Strange

Mr. Melody roams around at night, trying to be heard
I guess he doesn't realize he could be louder than the words
They shove down your throat
But as it is, you're lucky to hear just one note

Now Johnny and Tony show affection with their fists
And both contracts and love letters you sign
With the same flick of your wrist
And a turn of the page
To the next chapter of the Familiar Strange

Wherever we go
We still find that old
Familiar Strange

As for me, I was a nomad until about the age of nine
After that, I was stranded, left to find a Home inside my mind
I was in a cage
Until I found out about this Familiar Strange

Well one minute you're someone, and the next you're someone else
Don't ask me to explain it, but when a drummer finds himself
At the front of the stage
You'll know that the show is being put on by the Familiar Strange

And you may not know it yet
But one day, you're gonna get
The Familiar Strange

'Cause wherever we go
We still get that old
Familiar Strange