The Future Is the Past - Jackson Jackson

The future is the past

And it will last for as long as it’s lasted

Every time I get plastered

I see stars

Livin' deep inside of me

We were all once a part of distant galaxies

And I swear

When the universe ends I’ll be there

'Cos I wanna see what love looks like

When there’s no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air

You know it’s funny how the people say the world is changed

It’s like: Saying that stranger’s a kind of strange

It’s like: Saying that water is kind of wet

It’s like: Saying that Elvis is kind of dead

It’s evident to anyone with half a brain that things change

That’s why books have more than one page

That’s why, me and my grandfather aren’t the same age

That’s why New Kids On The Block they’re not rockin' on Triple-J

But, the more things change, the more they stay the same

Same old girls, same wars, same games

Sure, there’s climate change, and there’s terrorists and AIDS

But we used to have the Nazis

And that was way way way worse

But things get bad, then get better

Before I started eating brie, I used to eat cheddar

The world is always gonna change, only love stays the same

Like I say in the refrain

The future is the past

And it will last for as long as it’s lasted

Every time I get plastered

I see stars

Livin' deep inside of me

We were all once a part of distant galaxies

And I swear

When the universe ends I’ll be there

'Cos I wanna see what love looks like

When there’s no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air

When I died, I got them to cryogenically freeze me

Believe me, it cost four million, that’s cheap

To see the future, see infinity

I thought that I had proven the truth of man’s divinity

But I discovered, I was poor like a chimney sweep

The richest man is just a tramp in the scheme of things

Up there in the future, it wasn’t much fun

Just a bunch of frozen businessman dreaming of a refund

«Gimme back my money,» they were yellin'

Calling for the manager

They were used to those credit card advantages

But MasterCard can’t change the past, can it?

No kind of plastic is worth shit on a dead planet

The whole place was cold like you wouldn’t believe

Just dead rocks in a dried up sea

Just like times gone by

Just like five fuckin' billion BC

The future is the past

And it will last for as long as it’s lasted

Every time I get plastered

I see stars

Livin' deep inside of me

We were all once a part of distant galaxies

And I swear

When the universe ends I’ll be there

'Cos I wanna see what love looks like

When there’s no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air

The meek shall inherit the earth, they’re fine

Don’t have to fight for that shit

Just have to bide your time

Keep quiet, don’t write any rhymes if you can help it

'Cos I’m sure God favors the silent, not the violent

Maybe the vibrant, definitely firemen

Maybe the prime mister if he sticks to his assignment

To lead wisely and not be divisive

And while I’m on the subject

God, can you make him bring back human rights

All right, fine, this is not a diatribe

It’s just an ordinary rhyme about extraordinary times

Hey, digital natives, on the love super highway

You come my way, leave e-mails, and just fly away

How good’s that?

I guess it’s not all bad

Crap, shit, fuck!

We can still make positive tracks

Cut them on wax, under the full moon

Bury them for a month

And deep fry that to make the beats fat

Fatter in batter, that’s my motto

Like Spector said: «back to mono,» before he went loco

Chatter for chatters sake that’s the game

So I write rhymes that don’t necessarily mean a thing

Sometimes, but this time I write a rhyme I can’t deny

I lie awake at night and recite the diatribe

I’m alive and inspired to write rhymes or die tryin'

The future is the past

And it will last for as long as it’s lasted

Every time I get plastered

I see stars

Livin' inside of me

We were all once a part of distant galaxies

And I swear

When the universe ends I’ll be there

'Cos I wanna see what love looks like

When there’s no sound, no matter, no light, no television, no air