I walked down to the water, I brought my bathing suit
I dipped my little toe in, and gave a quick salute
I stepped back on the riverbank to grab my towel and soap
I tried to jump back in the stream, but reason told me “NOPE!”
The water rushed away from me! The current went downstream
The river that I touched before is nothing but a dream
The molecules are different now, the temperature has dropped
The universe is moving and the flowing hasn’t stopped
Panta Rhei! Everything flows
Where the river went, nobody knows
You can’t step in the same stream twice
The cosmos is rolling a loaded pair of dice
Burn the setlist! Burn the score
We aren’t playing this chorus anymore
You think the world is solid stuff, just rocks and dirt and clay?
But underneath the crust of it, it’s burning all away
The cosmos isn’t water, Thales, you’re a soggy liar
The fundamental element is everlasting FIRE
It’s kindling in measures, and it’s going out the same
We’re just a bunch of fancy ash caught up inside the flame
It’s consuming and destroying, it’s transforming every state
You think you’re sitting still, but you’re just burning at a rate
The sickness makes the health feel sweet! The hunger makes the feast
The tension of the opposites is what controls the beast
The bowstring pulls against the wood to make the arrow fly
You gotta have the heavy dirt to appreciate the sky
The way is up! The way is down! The road is just the same
I’m changing while I sing this song, I don’t even know my name
Panta Rhei! The flux is alive
The only way to live is to constantly survive
You can’t step in the same stream twice
The fire is the master, it doesn’t need advice
Don’t try to sing along! Don’t try to find the beat
The ground is shifting rapidly beneath your mortal feet
It’s burning
It’s flowing
Everything is fire
We’re never playing this song again
We couldn’t if we tried