Abstraction (Big Band Version) (feat. Michael Kovach & Amanda Hufford)

Every day it starts the same
We're called into the tent by Caine
To take part in some silly game
To keep our sanity

And though I know this world is strange
I won't allow myself to change
I try my best and work to save
My old humanity

Hey Pomni come inside
We've got a wild ride
Hey look your shoe's untied

Very funny
I'll pass on this adventure

Are you sure?

Yeah, can't you see?

I'm fine (she's fine)
I won't lose my mind
I don't need your dumb distractions (dumb distractions)
I'm no abstraction (she's no abstraction)
I'm fine (she's fine)
And I won't lose my mind
You won't get the satisfaction (satisfaction)
I'm no abstraction no (she's no abstraction no)

Every day it starts the same
I get a taste of where I came from
But I can't recall my name or
Any other thing about me

Every time I start to crack
My friends are there to get my back
We're like a house of cards, in fact
I know they'd fall apart without me

Hey Pomni, you okay?
You're looking rough today

Wow that's so nice to say

Wait, sorry!

I stare into the mirror and repeat till I believe

I'm fine (she's fine)
I won't lose my mind
I don't need your dumb distractions (dumb distractions)
I'm no abstraction (no abstraction)

I'm fine (she's fine)
And I won't lose my mind
You won't get the satisfaction (satisfaction)
I'm no abstraction no (no abstraction no)

Oh, Pom, can't you see that we are your new family?
We will keep you sane and strong
If you break, don't let it start to shake
There's more that you can take
So, please, don't let me be wrong

Every day and every night, it all turns out the same
(Pomni, stay calm)
So why waste time with friends and play
When I can escape a different way?
(Pomni, stay calm)

I cannot eat
I cannot sleep
I have a mouth
But I can't scream

Loud enough to change the scenery
Inside of this machinery

A polygonal prison
Made of one and zero digits

And I wonder if that's all I am
This form that I've been given

Or my mind is in a coma
And this nightmare will preserve it
Maybe this is all a test
Maybe somehow I deserve it

And these thoughts that fly inside my head
I'm filled with existential dread
That's why I lie awake in bed
And stay up wishing I was dead

But I'm fine
I won't lose my mind
I don't need your dumb distractions
I'm no abstraction

I'm fine (she's fine)
And I won't lose my mind
You won't get the satisfaction (satisfaction)
I'm no abstraction no (no abstraction no)