Mercator Projection Lyrics

I cast a mercator projection upon myself

All my south things were made smaller, so I couldn't tell

That the length of my feet could actually wrap around my belt

And my entire head was so small, it could fit inside of my navel

But something crashed into my center and made my flat earth round

I'm still nauseous from the shock, my tiny head's in a cloud

I'm doing all I can not to spill my oceans on the floor

I was learning gravity, but it's not working anymore

I'm going out, I try not to freak out

Just not been the same since the virus came

I changed, I moved some things around

I changed my mind and I changed my town

It's like a movie, like an action film

But in real time it has a different feel

Don't shame my tirade again

I can myself

I'd trade this point for the end

But I can't

So for now I'll trust I'm in the middle of something

The navigator said to trade my map for a globe

You can't see what's behind, but you can see down below

The real sizes of things and all the pathways between

So I put my boat on the water and I started sailing

But I noticed I didn't build the boat according to my proper proportions

I built it all before I learned about these horrible distortions

So my tiny head rattles around in my big captain's hat

And my enormous feet make all the floorboards crack

So with the best of intentions, but completely disoriented

My misshaped boat zig-zagged around until this story ended

Just east of where I began, but I had forgotten the language

So I guess I'll learn it again, somehow I'll relearn to manage

I'm going out, I try not to freak out

Just not been the same since the virus came

I changed, I moved some things around

I changed my mind and I changed my town

It's like a movie, like an action film

But in real time it has a different feel

Could buy a gun and learn how to run

Save my adrenaline for when the violence comes

Or buy a ticket, go to public land

Jump out the bus and run as fast as I can

Like a grazer with a predator

No protection in a herd of settlers

So I'm changing my pride again

On land new to me

You know I'd trade this point for the end

But I can't

So for now I said I'm in the middle of something