This Human Equation - Ayreon, Tom Baker, Simone Simons

You’d think they were crazy

I’d almost say stupid

But they can be amazing

Although they don’t look it

Yes, they can be charming

Uniquely disarming

Naive but enchanting

On a good day they’re gracious

Well-mannered, endearing

Yes, dare I say

Nice!

They seem so contented

Yet inside so damn sad

They pretend to be decent

Then turn out to be bad

They claim to be honest

But really they’re liars

They try to be modest

But often they’re cocky, conceited

Pretentious, obnoxious, and vain

This human equation

Is driving us crazy

This human equation

This human equation

Success and frustration

Wealth and starvation

Moral stagnation

This human equation

Evolved or creation?

The one explanation:

Universal migration!

They plan, they scheme

They’re not what they seem

They hide

Behind their disguise

They’re loud, they brag

They shout and they nag

But man what a drive

They’re on fire

See them thrive

They’re alive!

This human equation

Is driving us crazy

This human equation

And yet they amuse us

Just because they confuse us

For their logic eludes us

But their passion consumes us

You’d think they are crazy

I’d almost say stupid

But then they amaze you

Although they don’t look it

They seem so contented

Yet inside so damn sad

They pretend to be decent

Then turn out to be bad

And yet they amuse us

Just because they confuse us

For their logic eludes us

But their passion consumes us

Yet they can be charming

Uniquely disarming

Naive but enchanting

On a good day they’re gracious

Well-mannered, endearing

Yes, dare I say

Nice!