I'm quite enamored of lobsters as some of you might know
Because I found out
This just blew me away when I found it out
Just exactly how much continuity there was in the neural chemistry of human beings, and the neural chemistry of animals
Absolutely staggering
It's the sort of thing that makes the fact of evolution something like self evident
Random mutation, natural selection is the only way you can solve the problem of how to deal with an environment that's
Complex beyond your ability to comprehend
To generate endless variance, because God only knows what the hell's gonna happen next
They'll almost all of them die because they're failures and a couple will propagate
And you know, the environment keeps moving around like a giant snake
You never know what it's gonna do next
And so, the best you can do is say, “Well,”
“Here's 30 things that might work” and
You know 28 of them are gonna perish
Anyways, back to the lobsters
Because I found out
This just blew me away when I found it out
Just exactly how much continuity there was in the neural chemistry of human beings, and the neural chemistry of animals
Absolutely staggering
It's the sort of thing that makes the fact of evolution something like self evident
Random mutation, natural selection is the only way you can solve the problem of how to deal with an environment that's
Complex beyond your ability to comprehend
To generate endless variance, because God only knows what the hell's gonna happen next
They'll almost all of them die because they're failures and a couple will propagate
And you know, the environment keeps moving around like a giant snake
You never know what it's gonna do next
And so, the best you can do is say, “Well,”
“Here's 30 things that might work” and
You know 28 of them are gonna perish
Anyways, back to the lobsters
Okay, so here's a problem
There's a big problem here
The problem is it's true
[Chorus]
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)
There's a big problem here
The problem is it's true
[Chorus]
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
God only knows why
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
You're oppressed, you're oppressed, you're oppressed
(God only knows why)
I read a lot about
Terrible things that people have done to each other
You just cannot
Even imagine it, it's so awful!
So you don't wanna be someone like that
Now do you have a reason to be?
Yes, you have lots of reasons to be!
God, there's reasons to be resentful about your existence
Everyone you know is gonna die
You too! And there's gonna be a fair bit of pain along the way
And lots of it's gonna be unfair
It's like, yeah!
No wonder you're resentful
It's like act it out, see what happens
You make everything you're complaining about
Infinitely worse!
There's this idea that hell is a bottomless pit
And that's because no matter how bad it is
Some stupid son of a bitch like you could figure out a way to make it a lot worse!
That's what life is like
It's suffering!
That's what the religious people have always said
Terrible things that people have done to each other
You just cannot
Even imagine it, it's so awful!
So you don't wanna be someone like that
Now do you have a reason to be?
Yes, you have lots of reasons to be!
God, there's reasons to be resentful about your existence
Everyone you know is gonna die
You too! And there's gonna be a fair bit of pain along the way
And lots of it's gonna be unfair
It's like, yeah!
No wonder you're resentful
It's like act it out, see what happens
You make everything you're complaining about
Infinitely worse!
There's this idea that hell is a bottomless pit
And that's because no matter how bad it is
Some stupid son of a bitch like you could figure out a way to make it a lot worse!
That's what life is like
It's suffering!
That's what the religious people have always said
I knew this guy he'd been in a motorcycle accident, and it really ruined him
And he was like a linesman, you know, working on the power and
He was working with someone who had Parkinson's disease, and they had complimentary inadequacies
And so two of them could do the job of one person
So they're out there fixing power lines in the freezing cold, despite the fact that one was three quarters wrecked, with the motorcycle accident
And the other one had
Parkinson
It's like, that's how our civilization works
There's all these ruined people out there
They've got problems like you can't believe, off they go to work, and do things they don't even like
And look, the lights are on, my God, it's unbelievable
And he was like a linesman, you know, working on the power and
He was working with someone who had Parkinson's disease, and they had complimentary inadequacies
And so two of them could do the job of one person
So they're out there fixing power lines in the freezing cold, despite the fact that one was three quarters wrecked, with the motorcycle accident
And the other one had
Parkinson
It's like, that's how our civilization works
There's all these ruined people out there
They've got problems like you can't believe, off they go to work, and do things they don't even like
And look, the lights are on, my God, it's unbelievable
Now, there are all sorts of ways in which religious people try to explain that it can be done
I referred already to the grace of God
You say no, you can't do the job yourself
Because the improving you is the one that needs to be improved
Therefore, you have to say, "God help me."
Now, of course, that God exists is your opinion
That God will answer your prayer is your opinion, and your idea of God is your idea of God
If you bought somebody else's script, you bought it
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And You
I can be the singer of clown
And you
Maybe your mother and father talked to you about God in a very impressive way
But basically, you bought their idea
And if you're a father yourself, I'm a grandfather now, I've got five grandchildren
And I know I'm as stupid as my own grandfather must have been
You know, I am one, I sit there in the position which they look at
They go, "Oh, wow-wee, there's an important man."
I know that I'm just like anyone else
So I hope my children are not believing things on my authority
Because it's always their authority
If I look impressive and make big noises at them
They've just been taken in
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: Sounds like an easy religion
And you
[Man]: Let's not be so sure
[Man]: No wonder we're suffering
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: I've chosen you
And you
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I referred already to the grace of God
You say no, you can't do the job yourself
Because the improving you is the one that needs to be improved
Therefore, you have to say, "God help me."
Now, of course, that God exists is your opinion
That God will answer your prayer is your opinion, and your idea of God is your idea of God
If you bought somebody else's script, you bought it
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And You
I can be the singer of clown
And you
Maybe your mother and father talked to you about God in a very impressive way
But basically, you bought their idea
And if you're a father yourself, I'm a grandfather now, I've got five grandchildren
And I know I'm as stupid as my own grandfather must have been
You know, I am one, I sit there in the position which they look at
They go, "Oh, wow-wee, there's an important man."
I know that I'm just like anyone else
So I hope my children are not believing things on my authority
Because it's always their authority
If I look impressive and make big noises at them
They've just been taken in
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: Sounds like an easy religion
And you
[Man]: Let's not be so sure
[Man]: No wonder we're suffering
I can be the singer of clown
[Man]: I've chosen you
And you
[Chorus]
I can be the singer of clown
And you
I can be the singer of clown
And you