There is a black hole at the center of the universe Its gravity is strong and it's pulling everybody back in But we're trying to escape it, trying to escape inevitability I am patching hole with a thousand packs of chewing gum Alcoholic speakers black a heroin malaise as I work I work trying to escape it, trying to escape inevitability I thought I saw somebody drowning in the crystal waters of Lake Michigan I threw in a life preserver, but preservation is always only temporary See i can offer you my hand, but I can't save you from inevitability I put on my uniform and went out on to the field in my position I thought about reincarnation and the likelihood that there's continuation It's always been a game, see we're running from inevitability.