Galileo (Live)

[Intro: Emily Saliers, Amy Ray]
Y'all feel like singing, just sing. I was just thinking about Galileo because—yeah. Nice transition. Yeah, I guess you say his name and that's it, uh. You know, he discovered all those truths, and then the church and the government made him recant. But they, they pardoned him like a couple years ago, so everything's fine. It's funny, isn't it? Anyway— There's probably a cow sitting somewhere in the middle of a field going, "About time." Looking up at the stars. Moo.

[Verse 1]
Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was looking up the truth
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
I try to trace them to my youth

[Verse 2]
And then you had to bring up reincarnation
Over a couple of beers the other night
And now I'm serving time for mistakes
Made by another in another lifetime (Come on)

[Chorus]
How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision, king of insight (Yeah)

[Verse 3]
I think about my fear of motion
Which I never could explain
Some other fool across the ocean years ago
Must have crashed his little airplane

[Chorus]
How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision, king of insight

[Bridge]
I'm not making a joke, you know me
I take everything so seriously
If we wait for the time 'til all souls get it right
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
In my lifetime, I'm still not right (Hey)

[Verse 4]
I offer thanks to those before me
That's all I've got to say
Maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
Now I have to pay

[Verse 5]
Then again it feels like some sort of inspiration
To let the next life off the hook
But she'll say, "Look what I had to overcome from my last life
I think I'll write a book"

[Chorus]
How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Can any human being ever reach the highest light?
Except for Galileo—God rest his soul
(Except for the resting soul of Galileo)
King of night vision, king of insight

[Outro]
How long
Until my soul gets it right?
How long
Until my soul gets it right? (Yeah)
How long?

Thanks y'all. Good singing. Thanks y'all.