[00:00.15]Ed was at the end of his rope an expression he detested
[00:16.65]There is no rope he would scream at the laughing walls
[00:23.88]There is only the end no hope no rope
[00:25.89]Ending is better than mending
[00:26.61]Doors of perception windows of opportunity
[00:28.32]These are illusions like the killing floor
[00:31.71]Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny voice
[00:34.80]With perhaps a slight tinge of glee
[00:36.06]But this was only because he couldn't be bothered
[00:38.04]To try to develop a manner of speaking
[00:40.86]That truly reflected his mood
[00:42.81]This is a vaccum there is no air in this room
[00:46.32]Despair is no fun anymore
[00:49.02]Nihilism knocked three times on the ceiling
[00:55.95]But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted themselves
[00:57.69]In the nose of unfulfilled promises
[00:58.53]Angels sang Heysanna Hosanna
[00:59.07]Paralyzed prima donnas danced in the streets all day
[01:01.80]But when the darkness came everybody went home
[01:04.53]I was ready everyone else was asleep
[01:05.55]And while it might have been a relief to see
[01:08.16]That I was right all along
[01:08.97]Here I am still alone and trapped
[01:09.69]Awaiting the endless end
[01:10.44]And I can turn it all around
[01:11.31]And laugh at it and laugh at myself
[01:12.51]I can laugh louder than the walls the halls the waterfalls
[01:14.28]Louder than Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall
[01:23.43]But I don't know what I'm laughing at
[01:24.15]I don't know just what I think is so godd**n funny
[01:28.53]I don't know why I don't just shut up
[01:30.06]And give up and lay down and die
[01:32.34]What do I have to complain about anyway
[01:36.00]Ed asked his Pica*so I'm a millionaire
[01:37.32]This wasn't actually true
[01:38.10]Ed's Pica*so was an obvious forgery
[01:41.46]His three Rothkos had just been singled out
[01:44.79]In an article in 'Art forum' entitled
[01:45.87]'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko'
[01:48.69]And his Barbara Krugers had been irreparably damaged
[01:51.39]By Rein Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville
[01:52.68]That refused to acknowledge the value of art
[01:54.15]Come to think of it Ed mused
[01:54.75]To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had purchased
[02:51.00]When times had seemed slightly less bleak
[03:01.56]Come to think of it not only does art have no intrinsic value
[03:04.77]But my collection has no extrinsic value either
[03:06.51]I know I'm not a millionaire
[03:07.08]But that's no reason to complain
[03:14.10]There is no reason to complain
[03:18.90]There is no reason to do anything
[03:27.87]I don't believe in reason objective reality or collective farming
[03:38.79]I don't believe in public speaking
[03:40.26]Which is another reason why I'm here alone
[03:42.33]I don't believe in life or death
[03:59.34]I would kill myself but I don't believe in suicide
[04:00.84]Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the block
[04:09.30]While whistling softly to himself
[04:10.08]He reentered his apartment screaming
[04:18.32]There is no life on this planet
[04:20.10]Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery five centuries ago
[04:24.00]The so called Industrial Revolution
[04:27.21]Was just another hoax and we all fell for it
[04:30.06]'Cause we were all programmed to even I fell for it
[04:33.51]I believe in the steam engine
[04:34.71]Even though I don't believe in anything
[04:36.90]Logical inconsistency is the Mr Bubble I bathe in
[04:39.18]Each and every evening except for yesterday evening
[04:45.42]When I roller bladed over to the Masonic Temple
[04:48.12]To play pinochle with Pope John Paul the First
[04:50.04]I really had no choice in the matter
[04:50.79]Ed certainly could go on and on
[04:52.02]And he did and he would and he will
[04:53.55]Until you or I or somebody does something about it
[04:56.19]Senator Sterno of Louisiana
[04:56.76]Announced over closed circuit television
[05:00.09]And as long as he continues to pontificate pointlessly
[05:03.66]I will do nothing
[05:04.62]Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and stapled
[05:07.80]His brain was buzzing the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy'
[05:11.10]He loaded up the micro bus with atlases and poseidons
[05:14.07]And headed for Pope County
[05:15.63]I've had it he sang I've had it with puns alliteration
[05:18.45]Russian literature Italian neorealism
[05:20.73]Meaningless cross references and laundry lists of nonsense
[05:25.26]I shall drive without a license without clothing without direction
[05:26.88]And if I make it to Arkansas fine
[05:28.95]And if I'm running late if I'm running a numbers game
[05:31.26]It doesn't matter I shall keep on running
[05:33.06]Yes this is the answer this is the ending I shall keep on running
[05:35.97]Because a body in motion tends to stay emotional
[05:38.58]And it's better to feel pain is better than emptiness
[05:41.64]Emptiness is better than nothing and nothing is better than this