Lyric

My name is

PARMENIDES!

Straight from Elea, here I come!

Everything changes!? Are you dumb!?

Your eyes are playing tricks on you!

What is, is!

What is not, is not!

You think it's obvious? Think again!

Nothing comes from nothing!

Being can't just disappear!

Being has always existed!

Never born! Never destroyed!

Never moving! Never changing!

Question your senses! Use your mind!

That's where the truth lies!

Being! Being! What is, is!

Nothing! Nothing! What is not, is not!

Unborn! Undying! Unchanging! Unmoving!

True Being never changes!

Panta Rhei!?

Are you freaking kidding me!?

It only looks like it's flowing!

Being! Being! What is, is!

That's my theory of Being!

Rivers flow! People grow old!

Flowers bloom, then fade away!

You believe everything you see!?

Don't let your senses lead you astray!

Herac... uh, that weirdo from Ephesus!

Everything is always changing!?

What exactly changes into what!?

From nothing into something!?

From something into nothing!?

How the hell does that make sense!?

BEING! NOTHING! BEING! NOTHING!

BEING! NOTHING! BEING! NOTHING!

Try to think of nothing

CAN'T THINK OF IT!

CAN'T THINK OF IT!

CAN'T THINK OF IT!

CAN'T THINK OF IT!

YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK OF IT!

The daughters of the Sun led me

My chariot passed through the gates of Night and Day

And there a goddess spoke to me

Young man

You must learn the path of truth

Hey! Don't look at me like that!

I CAN USE LITERARY DEVICES TOO, YOU KNOW!

What is, is!

What is not, is not!

Being! Being! What is, is!

Nothing! Nothing! What is not, is not!

Unborn! Undying! Unchanging! Unmoving!

True Being never changes!

Panta Rhei!?

Are you freaking kidding me!?

It only looks like it's flowing!

Being! Being! What is, is!

That's my theory of Being!

If you can't understand a word I say!

Go ask Zeno of Elea!

Make sure you get the right Zeno!

He's got a tale of Achilles and the tortoise!

Go ask him! He'll explain it all!

Then you'll see what I'm talking about!

Zeno

I'm leaving the rest... to you

MY NAME IS

PARMENIDES!

MY NAME IS

PARMENIDES!