The One True Colour

As one child is taught Red on his mother's knee (the one true colour) A neighbour is taught blue on his mother's knee (the one true colour) With a fervour inherited It wil subsequently be delivered Ignore the spectrum Dear whom it may concern I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn I think I'm falling and there's no return But I've no idea to whom this may concern I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn There's no one up above to hear me yearn I'm on my own In the arena of the endless unknown Do not stage theatre and call it truth And when one child is taught red on his mother's knee It must be subsequently delivered With all of the spectrum Dear whom it may concern I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn I think I'm falling and there's no return But I've no idea to whom this may concern I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn There's no one up above to hear me yearn I'm on my own Someone has whipped the carpet from beneath my feet Someone upturned the furniture in my mind But oh how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark But oh how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark To dissect is to broaden the adventure (but oh how rich the soil) And enrich one's tenure (how wondrous the upheaval) So do not blunt the surgeon's knife (it's time to embark) To dissect is to broaden the adventure (but oh how rich the soil) And enrich one's tenure (how wondrous the upheaval) So do not blunt the surgeon's knife (it's time to embark) But, oh how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark But oh rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark There's so much to explore There's so much to absorb And then the atoms that you borrowed They are returned to the cosmos There's so much to explore There's so much to absorb And then the atoms that you borrowed They are returned when you're