Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
Modest muses.
Modest muses.
She sees the room.
She sees the room.
She catches the truth.
She catches the truth.
She knows the shot.
She knows the line.
She knows the song
Before the sign.
Goddess sees.
Goddess sees.
Wizard patch.
Wizard patch.
Side door breathes.
Side door breathes.
She is not the prop.
She is not the prop.
She is the witness.
She is the witness.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
She walks in late
And the whole room turns.
Not because she asked it to.
Because the whole room learns.
The singer gets taller.
The guitarist gets loud.
The drummer checks time
And still sees the crowd.
The bass player nods once.
The side door saint grins.
The wizard finds weather
Where the chorus begins.
Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
Modest muses.
Modest muses.
She sees the room.
She sees the room.
She catches the truth.
She catches the truth.
She knows the shot.
She knows the line.
She knows the song
Before the sign.
She does not need saving.
She does not need stage.
She does not need some fool
To write her into a cage.
She is not decoration.
She is not applause.
She is not the reason
For every man’s flaws.
She is the mirror.
She is the blade.
She is the question
That the chorus made.
She is the witness.
She is the flame.
She is the one
Who knows your name.
Goddess sees.
Goddess sees.
Wizard patch.
Wizard patch.
Side door breathes.
Side door breathes.
She is not the prop.
She is not the prop.
She is the witness.
She is the witness.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
Jack-AL heard “goddess muses”
As “modest mouses.”
Now the caption has a chorus
Running wild through all the houses.
Jack-AL heard “modest muses”
As “Modest Mouse is.”
Now the whole room starts debating
What the real damn chorus now is.
No.
No.
That is not the lyric.
That is not the scene.
But the crowd is already chanting
Modest mouses on the screen.
Modest mouses.
Modest mouses.
Modest Mouse.
Modest Mouse.
Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
Jack-AL burned the house.
She sees the room.
She sees the room.
She catches the truth.
She catches the truth.
She sees who is posing.
She sees who is real.
She sees who is bleeding
And calling it feel.
She sees who is joking.
She sees who is scared.
She sees who is lonely
And acting prepared.
She sees the singer
Before he begins.
She sees the story
Under his grin.
She sees the guitarist
Searching for fire.
She sees the volume
Trying to climb higher.
She sees the drummer
Carrying the day.
She sees the receipt
No one offered to pay.
She sees the bass player
Holding the floor.
She sees the side saint
Guarding the door.
She sees the wizard
Bent over the wires.
She sees the sound guy
Tired of liars.
Goddess sees.
Goddess sees.
Wizard patch.
Wizard patch.
Side door breathes.
Side door breathes.
She is not the prop.
She is not the prop.
She is the witness.
She is the witness.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
Do not make her smaller.
Do not make her tame.
Do not put her in the song
And then forget her name.
Do not call her trouble
Because she saw the lie.
Do not call her difficult
Because she asked you why.
Do not call her magic
Just to steal her light.
Do not call her muse
And disappear into the night.
She is not your chorus.
She is not your claim.
She is not your pretty reason
For not carrying your shame.
Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
She hears the hidden drum.
She hears the hidden drum.
She knows what is coming.
She knows what is coming.
Before the fools become.
Before the fools become.
She laughs at the caption.
She laughs at the men.
She laughs at the old joke
Trying to happen again.
She stands by the side door.
She leans into smoke.
She catches the pattern
Under the joke.
She says, “That line is hollow.”
She says, “That pose is thin.”
She says, “Play it again honest
Or do not begin.”
The singer looks wounded.
The guitarist looks burned.
The drummer says, “Finally.”
The whole room turned.
Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
Modest muses.
Modest muses.
Jack-AL says “modest mouses.”
Jack-AL says “Modest Mouse.”
The lady of the mind’s eye
Turned the whole damn music house.
She sees the room.
She sees the room.
She catches the truth.
She catches the truth.
She knows the shot.
She knows the line.
She knows the song
Before the sign.
She is not the prop.
She is not the prop.
She is the witness.
She is the witness.
She is not the prize.
She is not the prize.
She is the mirror.
She is the mirror.
She is not the end.
She is not the end.
She is the fire
That makes the lie clearer.
One for the room.
One for the truth.
One for the woman
Who saw through the proof.
One for the shot.
One for the line.
One for the song
Before the sign.
One for the spark.
One for the flame.
One for the witness
Who remembers the name.
Goddess muses.
Goddess muses.
Modest muses.
Modest muses.
Modest mouses.
Modest mouses.
Modest Mouse.
Modest Mouse.
She sees the room.
She sees the room.
She catches the truth.
She catches the truth.
Goddess sees.
Goddess sees.
Side door breathes.
Side door breathes.
She is not the prop.
She is not the prop.
She is the witness.
She is the witness.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
She is the spark.
