Welcome to the afterglow Welcome to the show We welcome to the world The flight just arrived at gate 17 We welcome to the world the ones who left to find Other states of mind while others stayed behind We welcome to the world the ones who couldnt live it Too late to begin it and too soon to end it For they are the returning generation We welcome to the world The flight just arrived at gate 17 Would all passengers whove been In search of other ways of living Check at Information for debriefing For they are the returning generation Welcome to the world Where shares can go down as well as up Where Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup Plays on a remastered CD somewhere in Los Angeles While seagulls wheel and the index drops Research and development, Im in my element With the last of the elephants brainstorming Never mind whats relevant and never mind selling it While the power drains from the mainframes Im surfing on the brainwaves Singing free the slaves, Jesus saves And other bullshit literature Washed down in the rainstorm Welcome to the world Check your hostility At gate17 This is information We eat, we sleep, we shit and fuck and die We speak, we hope, we learn, we try Welcome to the afterglow Welcome to the show For we are the returning generation We welcome to the world The flight just arrived at gate 17 Would all passengers whove been In search of other ways of living Check at Information for debriefing Too late to enjoy it Too soon to destroy it Too dumb to invent it Too smart to end it
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