I’ve been having trouble feeling all the things I need to feel.
So I went to the philosopher to ask her what was real.
She looked at me and said, “Kid, you need better eyes.”
That’s when I realized, “I might need a neuroscientist.”

I kept looking for solutions in the world out there.
But it’s not like outside sources could quite teach me how to care.
Still I needed to learn something important about how to emote;
how to love on this crazy planet – catch passion by the throat!

I’ve been squeezing lemons to wring all its tears out
and I really do not understand what crying’s all about.
If emotion’s so important, then can someone tell me why
don’t the kittens cry?

I am years into my search and it’s not gotten easier.
I’ve been questing down so many roads and some are sleazier
than I’d have ever imagined, but still, you find strong emotions there.
If you can find folks caring for folks in garbage piles, you can find them anywhere.

Still I can’t help feeling stuck here like a sociopath,
just a creature under heaven waiting to suffer god’s wrath.
I can hope there is some better fate in the universe
out there to befall me.

I’ve been cutting out potato’s eyes to see what they can see
and I really do not get how they differ from you and me.
If emotion’s so important, then can someone tell me why
don’t the kittens cry?