DETERMINISM - from "Truth and Fun" by Eight Two

We laugh a lot, we smile at each other
Whoever we meet is sister or brother
We have fun, we get along
We laugh when we're right, and laugh when we're wrong

Did I have a choice to write this song?
Were you predetermined to give it derision?

We laugh a lot, we smile at each other
Whoever we meet is sister or brother
We have fun, we get along
We laugh when we're right, and laugh when we're wrong

Do I have a choice to sing this song?
Are you predetermined to skip it or sing-along?

If there's no free will, how can there be right and wrong?
Does belief in free will change the decision?

The game, the game, the game of words

We laugh along, we smile at each other
Whoever we meet is sister or brother
We have fun, we get along
We laugh when we're right, and laugh when we're wrong

We pout and turn our backs on each other
Whoever we meet is a motherfucker
We're too vain to get along
We laugh when we're right and cheat when we're wrong

I fell in love with fate
But fate broke my heart,
Irreconcilable differences

Fatalists don't take chances!
Fate got the house,
I got the miniature horse and cart

Hey quantum predictor!
I'll break your tomorrow
By being a random man

Take me beyond names, to where we need no definitions
Take me beyond names, to where we need no definition
Take me beyond names, to where we need no definitions
Take me beyond names, to where we need no definition

It's only possible
Because it's happening
Life is unlikely
It's only possible
Because it's happening
Love is unlikely
It's only possible
Because it's happening

We laugh a lot, we smile at each other
Everyone we meet is sister or brother
We have fun, we get along
We laugh when we're right, and laugh when we're wrong

We pout and turn our backs on each other
Whoever we meet is a motherfucker
We're too vain to get along
We laugh when we're right and cheat when we're wrong

We laugh when we're right, and laugh when we're wrong
The game... the game

Do I have a choice to sing this song?
Are you predetermined to skip it or sing-along?

If there's no free will, how can I choose right from wrong?
Does belief in free will change my decision?

The game of words prefers the dead and the name above the thing
The game of words prefers the dead and the name above the thing
The game of words prefers the dead and the name above the thing
The game of words, the game of words