Hawkwind - In The Egg Lyrics
We live in the EggWe live in the EggWe have covered the inside wall of the shell with dirty drawingsand the christian names of our enemiesWe are being hatchedWhoever is hatching us is hatching our pencils as wellSet free from the Egg one day, at once we shall draw a pictureof whoever is hatching usWe assume that we're being hatchedWe imagine some good natured fowl and write school essays about the colourand creed of the hen that is hatching usWhen shall we break the shell?Our prophets inside the Egg, for a middling salary, argue aboutthe period of incubationThe posit a day called "X"Out of boredom and genuine need, we have invented incubatorsWe are much concerned about our offspring inside the EggWe should be glad to recommend our patent to whom looks after usBut we have a room full of hardheads, senile chimps, polyglot embryoschatter all day and even discuss their dreamsBut what if we're not being hatched?What if the shell will never break, if the horizon is only that ofour scribbles, and always will be?We hope that we're being hatchedEven if we only talk of hatching there remains the fearthat someone outside the shellwill feel hungryand crack us into the frying pan with a pinch of saltWhat then my brethren inside the Egg?_____________________________________________________________________
