(Verse One) Waves pa** through the water While sound glides through air But light through the ether Is how it gets from here to there They say the ether is made of Something beyond a girl But what a surprise to find It's actually made up of the way I feel (Verse Two) Good days are when I laugh And the light travels fast The ether is thin then And allows the light to thunder past But lately the billowing sadness That blackens my heart Slows it all down and then It makes the light, it makes the light go dark (Chorus) Speed of thought Speed of fright Speed of nothing The speed of constant… Light got caught speeding Drop its phase Drop its physics now Just like her lower day Slow the flash Slow the beam Slow the photon The slowing of the… Stream got caught slowing It's alright It's a universe Just like her lower nights (Verse Three) Light pa**es through the ether As my emotions allow And now that the people know They cheer me up by sending flowers But these days the torrents of sadness That blacken my heart Slow it all down and then It makes the light, it makes the light go dark (Chorus) Speed of thought Speed of fright Speed of nothing The speed of constant… Light got caught speeding Drop its phase Drop its physics now Just like her lower days Slow the flash Slow the beam Slow the photon The slowing of the… Stream got caught slowing It's alright It's a universe Just like her lower nights Light's all bent Light's all blamed Light's all hammered The blindness of the… Shamed wish for lighting But there's none Blessed darkness For all the enlightened ones