FEVER DREAM NATION
Red lights blinking in the pharmacy
Everybody's buying up the vitamin C
Mama says it's nothing,
Daddy says it's fine
Meanwhile somebody's coughing in the checkout line
Newsman smiling with a fever on his face Says,
"Don't be alarmed, we're completely safe"
Temperature rising but the stocks look great Keep the doors wide open,
let the sickness circulate
Put your hand over your mouth
Don't make a scene,
don't freak out
If everybody's sick tonight Maybe sick is just the new alright
Welcome to the fever dream
Everybody's healthy on the TV screen
Cough it up, baby,
don't make a fuss
Nobody's sick if nobody talks Welcome to the fever nation
Celebrating our contamination
Turn it up, let the sirens scream Everybody's living in a fever
dream
Waiting room packed like a Saturday show
Doctor's got a mask but the manager says go
"Take two pills and get back to work" There's a line out
the door and they're calling it a quirk
Mama's got a thermometer under her tongue
Says she feels fine while she's barely standing up
The headline says, "Nothing to fear" Then the screen goes black and
the sirens appear (beep beep beep)
Don't ask questions, don't look around
Keep your panic nice and underground
If we don't name it,
it disappears
That's how we make it through another year
Welcome
to the fever dream
Everybody's healthy on the TV screen
Cough it up, baby,
don't make a fuss
Nobody's sick if nobody talks Welcome to the fever nation
Celebrating our contamination
Turn it up, let the sirens scream
Everybody's living in a fever dream
Ah-ah, check your temperature Ah-ah,
call it something else Ah-ah,
everybody's coughing But nobody's asking for help (ah-ah-ah) Six feet printed on
the supermarket floor
But they're dancing three inches from the door
Someone says, "The numbers can't be real" While an ambulance rolls past
the windshield We made a conspiracy out of every breath Made a
political fight out of sickness and death Everybody's got a theory,
everybody's got a cure But nobody wants to admit that they're not
sure
Maybe it's allergies Maybe it's nothing
Maybe we're dying
Maybe we're bluffing
Smile for the camera
Wave to the crowd
Say that we're healthy
Say it out loud (shhh!) Welcome to the fever dream
Everybody's healthy on the TV screen
Cough it up, baby,
don't make a fuss
Nobody's sick if nobody talks
Welcome to the fever nation
Dancing through contamination
Turn it up, let the sirens scream Everybody's living in a fever
dream
Temperature rising
Temperature rising
Everybody's fine
Everybody's fine Everybody's fine.