Galileo

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
 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
 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
 And then 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
 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
 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
 
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 I offer thanks to those before me
 That's all I've got to say
 'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
 Now I have to pay
 But 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"
 How long 'til my soul gets it right? ('Til my soul gets it right)
 Can any human being ever reach the highest light?
 Except for (the resting soul) Galileo, God rest his soul (of Galileo)
 King of night vision, king of insight
 How long ('til my soul gets it right?)
 ('Til we reach the highest light?)
 How long ('til my soul gets it right?)
 ('Til we reach the highest light?)
 How long?