Bear Claw Society – What Now?

Lyrics by Cosmo Gazoo

[Intro]
Static in the signal… something in the sky…
That ain’t no bird… that ain’t no lie…

[Hook]
Flying high, don’t know how
Lookin’ down like… what now?
Sky broke open, lost the ground
Ain’t no answers… what now?

Flying high, don’t know why
Clouds got teeth, they pass me by
Whole world hummin’, glitchin’ loud
I keep askin’… what now?

[Verse 1]
Wings stitched up from scraps and glue
Dreams that smell like gasoline fumes
Billboard blinkin’, “YOU ARE HERE”
But the arrow shakes… then disappears

Dirt road twistin’ into wires
Cornfield hummin’ engine choirs
Somebody laughin’ through a screen
But the face don’t match the scene

Porch light buzzin’, bugs go blind
Time got stuck between the lines
I was ground-bound yesterday
Now I drift and rot away

[Hook]
Flying high, don’t know how
Lookin’ down like… what now?
Sky broke open, lost the ground
Ain’t no answers… what now?

[Verse 2]
Factory breathin’ in the night
Steel lungs coughin’ neon light
Smokestacks talk in coded sighs
Tellin’ truths they can’t disguise

Pigskin thick but thoughts go thin
Wind keeps scratchin’ at my skin
Every town the same damn song
Different words, but all feel wrong

Saw a church with boarded eyes
Preacher sellin’ alibis
Said “you’ll land if you believe”
But belief don’t change the breeze

[Break – whispered / chaotic background voices]
What now… what now… what now…
Say it louder… say it proud…
What now… what now… what now…

[Verse 3]
Clouds drip oil instead of rain
Sunlight flickers, feels like pain
I saw my shadow pass below
But it waved… I don’t know

Highway meltin’ into veins
Pumping noise through rusted brains
Every signal’s out of phase
Stuck inside a looping haze

Found a mirror in the sky
Looked at me… but not my eyes
Something else was flyin’ through
Wearin’ skin I thought I knew

[Hook]
Flying high, don’t know how
Lookin’ down like… WHAT NOW?
Sky broke open, lost the ground
Ain’t no answers… WHAT NOW?

Flying high, don’t know why
Clouds got teeth, they pass me by
Whole world hummin’, glitchin’ loud
I keep screamin’… WHAT NOW?

[Outro]
Feathers burn but I don’t fall
Maybe there ain’t ground at all
If I land, or if I don’t…
Still the same damn question haunts…

…what now?