So tired, soul searching
I followed sounds to a cathedral
Imagine my surprise to find that
They were produced by Brian Eno!

Past the gates, quite stark
The roses trimmed and the windows dark
I see the walls through a limestone crack
Not red, not blue, not yellow, but black

And all the spaces left for you
If the sky was synthesized
You'd probably know

He taught me many things
The wisdom of oblique stratagems
The prophet of a sapphire soul
Presented through creative freedoms

And everything I say is true
'Cause if I was telling lies
It'd probably show

I can tell when he's kind of smiling
But what does he know?
(What does he know?)
We're always one step behind him
He's Brian Eno
Brian Eno! (x3)

When I was stuck he'd make me
Memorize elaborate curses
Tinctures and formulas
To ditch the chori and flip the verses

My whole foundation came unglued
When I tried to humanize
By ambient light

Dipping swords in metaphors, yeah
But what does he know?
(What does he know?)
We're always one step behind him
He's Brian Eno.
Brian Eno! (x3)

He promised pretty worlds
and all the silence I could dream of
Brian Peter George St. Jean
Le Baptiste de la Salle Eno!

Well, all alone by the oldest stone
Where the shade trees grow
(What does he know?)

The creature by the water feature
With the ghostly glow
Brian Eno, yeah!

He's making sure that time's preserved
Well, we reap what we sow
(What does he know?)

We're always one step behind him
He's Brian Eno
Brian Eno, yeah!

I can tell that he's doing well, yeah
What does he know?
(What does he know?)

I'm always one step behind him
He's Brian Eno
Brian Eno, yeah!

He dips swords in metaphors, yeah
What does he know?
(What does he know?)

I'd like to see him plant a forest
'Cause I don't know
Brian Eno, yeah!

I can tell that he's trying to smile
But what does he know?
(What does he know?)

I'll always be a step behind him
Brian Eno!
Brian Eno, yeah!

He's making sure that time's preserved
Well, we reap what we sow
(What does he know?)

I'm always one step behind him
'Cause I don't know
Brian Eno!