[Verse 1]
I asked the habitual partygoer
Just how high she thought she'd get
And I asked the ethereal girls if they were floating yet

[Chorus]
And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven?
And I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again

[Verse 2]
The tabloid-tainted actress knows the myth of higher ground
The thing she got from playing a nun
She got from sleeping around

[Chorus]
And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven?
And I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again

[Post-Chorus]
He fell in the mud and he became enlightened
I wonder who's laughing now?

[Verse 3]
And I've been running uphill, panting, punching at the air
Fighting what's been pushing me down
Like I can see it there
[Chorus]
And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven?
And I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again
And I saw all this climbing, climbing
Just as far from heaven
And I saw a bird fly away, and I started climbing again

[Outro]
Who's laughing now?
He fell in the mud and he became enlightened
I wonder who's laughing now?