Turtles, All the Way Down

Underneath the stars, a world

Underneath a world, the atmosphere

Underneath the atmosphere, a cloud

Underneath a cloud, the sky

Underneath the sky, a bird

Underneath a bird, the trees

Underneath the trees, a head

Underneath a head, the brain

Underneath the brain, a consciousness

Underneath a consciousness, the subconscious

Underneath the subconscious, a dream

Underneath a dream, the heart

Underneath the heart, a hope

Underneath a hope, the reality

Underneath the reality, a truth

That

Underneath a truth, the rules

The rules that mean nothing

Underneath a freedom

Because

Underneath a freedom, the dead

Underneath the dead, a crust

Underneath a crust, the mantle

Underneath the mantle, a core

Underneath a core, the mantle

Underneath the mantle, a crust

Underneath a crust, the ground

Underneath it all, a turtle

Because in the end

It's always turtles

Turtles, all the way down.