Lyrics

Your words are strange
They seem to change
Their meaning every day
Foundations built
On sand and silt
Are quickly washed away

I've worked it out
And proved beyond a doubt
The dictionary lies
So form a line
A symbol and a sign
Subtract, divide and multiply

The parallax
Distorts the facts
You can't believe your eyes
A picture seen
Through smoke and steam
Is hard to recognise

Like night and day
Like black and white, not grey
Everything cut and dry
There's no disguise
Excuse, or alibis
Subtract, divide and multiply

Now squares and primes
Not metaphors and rhymes
Measure and quantify
A simple proof
A universal truth
Subtract, divide and multiply