[I. Tide Pools]

[Verse 1]
When the ebbing tide retreats
Along the rocky shoreline
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
In a short-lived galaxy
Each microcosmic planet
A complete society

[Verse 2]
A simple kind mirror
To reflect upon our own
All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea...

[Instrumental Refrain]

[Chorus]
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array
A pattern so grand and complex
Time after time we lose sight of the way
Our causes can't see their effects
[II. Hyperspace]

[Verse 3]
A quantum leap forward
In time and in space
The universe learned to expand
The mess and the magic
Triumphant and tragic
A mechanized world out of hand

[Instrumental Refrain]

[Verse 4]
Computerized clinic
For superior cynics
Who dance to a synthetic band
In their own image
Their world is fashioned
No wonder they don't understand

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array
A pattern so grand and complex
Time after time we lose sight of the way
Our causes can't see their effects
[III. Permanent Waves]

[Verse 5]
Science, like nature, must also be tamed
With a view towards its preservation
Given the same state of integrity
It will surely serve us well

[Verse 6]
Art as expression, not as market campaigns
Will still capture our imaginations
Given the same state of integrity
It will surely help us along

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 7]
The most endangered species: the honest man
Will still survive annihilation
Forming a world, state of integrity
Sensitive, open and strong

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 8]
Wave after wave will flow with the tide
And bury the world as it does
Tide after tide will flow and recede
Leaving life to go on as it was
[Instrumental Outro]