Aint it strange?

Observations derange
Perceptions amaze
Ani’t it strange?
Aint it strange?

Aint it strange?
How truth can be conveyed by lies
Aint it strange?
How rules can be obeyed with sighs
How honesty is a breach of trust
How an iron fist can rust

Observations derange
Perceptions amaze
Ani’t it strange?
Aint it strange?

Aint it strange?
How a shepherd gets lynched by a fleet of sheep
How you find it getting more shallow the deeper you dig

Observations derange
Perceptions amaze
Ani’t it strange?
Aint it strange?

Aint it strange?
How fishes can drown
Aint it strange?
How you can fly while falling down
How hitting a high is hitting a low
How you can simultaneously smile and cry
and no one would even know

Observations derange
Perceptions amaze
Ani’t it strange?
Aint it strange?

Aint it strange?
How a king can be a laughing stock
While a jester leaves a lump in your throat
How it is not funny no more
While the laughter still echoes 

- Nilay S. Shah