The Great Beyond - Live in Dublin / 2005

[Verse 1]

I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes

All the sights that I have seen

I can't believe that I believed

I wished that you could see

There's a new planet in the solar system

There is nothin' up my sleeve

[Refrain]

I'm pushin' an elephant up the stairs

I'm tossin' up punch lines that were never there

Over my shoulder, a piano falls

Crash into the ground

[Verse 2]

In all this talk of time, talk is fine

But I don't want to stay around

Why can't we pantomime

Just close our eyes and sleep sweet dreams

Me and you with wings on our feet

[Refrain]

I'm pushin' an elephant up the stairs

I'm tossin' up punch lines that were never there

Over my shoulder, a piano falls

Crash into the ground

[Chorus]

I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons

I'm keeping flowers in full bloom

I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

[Verse 3]

I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bear

Sweetest dreams of you

I'm lookin' to the stars

Look into the moon

[Refrain]

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs

I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there

Over my shoulder, a piano falls

Crash into the ground

[Chorus]

I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons

I'm keeping flowers in full bloom

I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons

I'm keeping flowers in full bloom

I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons

I'm keeping flowers in full bloom

I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

Answers from the great

Answers

[Outro, spoken]

Thank you very much

No, wait- shit!

I made a pact at the beginning of the European tour

That the phrase "thank you very much" was a really stupid thing to say to a large group of people, so

Thanks a lot

This next song is a love song, and it takes place in my home away from home

New York City