"Imitosis"

[Verse 1] He's keeping busy as he's bleeding stones His machinations and his palindromes It was anything but hear the voice Anything but hear the voice It was anything but hear the voice That says that we’re all basically alone [Verse 2] Poor Professor Pynchon had only good intentions When he put his Bunsen burners all away And turned into a playground, a Petri dish Of single cells would swing their fists At anything that looks like easy prey in this Nature show that rages every day It was then he heard his intuition say [Chorus] We were all basically alone And despite what all his studies had shown What was mistaken for closeness Was just a case of mitosis And why do some show no mercy While others are painfully shy And tell me, doctor, can you quantify ‘Cause he just wants to know the reason The reason why [Verse 3] Why do they congregate in groups of four Scatter like a billion spores And let the wind just carry them away How can kids be so mean Our famous doctor tried to glean As he went home at the end of the day In this nature show that rages every day It was then he heard his intuition say [Chorus] We were all basically alone Despite what all his studies had shown That what's mistaken for closeness Is just a case of mitosis Sure fatal doses of malcontent through osmosis And why do some show no mercy While others are painfully shy Tell me doctor, can you quantify The reason why