Polar Vortex - Owen Pallett

If I wake before the sun rises

I remember stories old

Told to me by my mother’s voice

As the sky it turns from blue to gold

She told me of the day she learned

That madness is a man, oh

Madness is a man among us, oh

And she let the madness in

Like any other man I have a code

And hold my friends to higher standards

But out on Ellen’s Quay a new crop of kids

Every year with louder voices

Trying to reach them is like sewing up a geyser

‘Cause madness is a man, oh

Madness is a man among us, oh

They will let the madness in

And then there are those who can make time stop

Crush the future into present

Your job your house your family

Turn to dust in an instant

And a single word from your lover’s voice

Says madness is a man, oh

Madness is a man among us, oh

You will let the madness in