Neophobic Nomad
Written By: Raul A. Rodriguez
Performed By: Harry's Bronze Coffin



there's hardly any fish left in this tank
there'll be a new batch of them by morning
the rest of my kind finally escaped
they had bigger dreams of a better life
the ocean is so much more open
I'd heard the stories since I was young
that was the destination they all spoke of

"why don't you come?" they asked
"nah..."
"the ocean is so much more open than this, why don't you come?"
"nah..."

I told them I had bigger dreams of a better life
the oceans not going anywhere, maybe next time
yeah, next time, definitely...
I was always all talk
what happened to my dreams, and my fearless side?
I once had dreams like the rest of my kind
I'd always wanted to travel and live an exciting life
this one always seemed so simple to me

"so why don't you come?" they asked
"nah..."
"the ocean is so much more open than this, why don't you come?"
"nah..."

"simplicity is beauty" had always been written in cursive at the top of our tank
as a door mat would read "home is where the heart is"
but my heart feels so emotionally nomadic
I'd like to think that I take it along wherever I go
after all, what is home?
other than the place where you were born and raised
or if you want to be technical, where you sleep every day
but if God made this world so big
only for us to stay in one place
what would be the point of discovery?
if that's the case, then we'd still think the world was flat
but I'd be first up at bat to prove the world wrong
and when I hit that home run
I'm gonna run home that same day
and tell everyone how I proved them wrong, and rub it in their face
I'd liberate the young ones and tell them
the reason for these words written here, are only to fill your hearts up with fear
who's to say they can lock away your heart in such a place?
they had their chance, they just didn't take it
but that doesn't give them the right to deprive you of your own
failure to take a chance is failure to know
I wanna take this chance, I do
I'd kill to see the ocean blue
Columbus risked falling off land
but turns out, the world wasn't flat
the point is, he was brave enough to take that risk
I'd like to be the Columbus of fish
fearless, confident, with dreams of success
not thinking twice about the choices I make
this isn't where I want to stay
in the same old tank where I've grown up
in the same old tank other fish died in, the same old tank where they were born
they spent their lives in the same old tank
but the oceans such a beautiful place
why would they try to make us so afraid of such a beautiful place?