that'd be the sound of a call for justice or a call to arms that'd be the sound of a newborn isis with a future of gold protected from harm that'd be the sound of an old haitian woman selling fruit from a basket on top of her head that'd be the sound of the wings of new angels as they rise from the dead that'd be the sound of a symphony it comes in waves faster than light faster than the cancer that burns through your bones in the night it comes in waves faster than truth faster than the years that you squanderd chasing your youth it comes in waves that'd be the sound of james brown pleading please please please out of the shops on 125th st. that'd be the sound of machetes and pitchforks in the hands of dominican ghosts that'd be the sound of a heart that is breaking as it cracks through the steel of reprose that'd be the sound of a passion that's waking new lovers shedding their clothes that'd be the sound of a symphony it comes in waves faster than hope faster than the vengeance that is found at the end of a rope it comes in waves faster than love faster than the blessings that fall from a saint's of Nepal it comes in waves yeah, it comes in waves it comes in waves I know I know that'd be the sound of a thousand moto taxis on a one click strip of new tar that would be the sound of a sun that's exploding as it crashes into other stars that'd be the sound of an old song that's dying alone in a cold water flat that'd be the sound of the old gods who are crying because their services are no longer required that'd be the sound of a symphony it comes in waves faster than god faster than state sanctioned torture or electrical prods it comes in waves fasteder than sound faster than the laughter of children that floats through this town it comes in waves faster than pain and knocks you right down you stand up again it comes in waves faster than war faster than love I know I know and it comes in waves faster than life faster than light and it comes in waves faster than life my life your life faster faster faster it comes in waves faster than love faster than love