Houdini's Blind - Course Of Empire

Harry Houdini climbs in the box

Everyone knows he’ll never get out

Out of his mind

Under the microscope, he will try

Try to remember why

He began

An agent is waiting for Harry to sign

A minor disclaimer, in case he should die

Live on the air

He’s under the water again

Blind

We’re doomed but the show must go on, Harry

You’ve got a thousand lights and laser beams

You’re burning them now for way too long, Harry

We’re doomed, but the show must go on, Harry

You’ve got the finest in designer genes

But lately your legs have grown too long, Harry

I can’t say that I am getting closer

I can’t pray enough to get there faster

I can’t learn it from another master

Why can’t everybody understand that

This is a lesson in self-preservation

Breathing in the vapors of a different direction

What will you do when the end is near?

Will you defend your right to leave from here?