Binary Reality Lyrics - Words Words Words - Bo Burnham

We live in a binary reality, we do 

It's a world of black and white 

There's only two types of people in this world: 

Those who can finish lists 

What is art? You know, what is art? 

Is art something gay people do to get back at their fathers? Could be 

What is an artist? 

What makes a great artist? You know, great artists like myself 

Like the great director Michael Bay 

Like the great Irish actor Shaquille O'Neal 

We ask questions 

You know, questions nobody else dares to ask 

Questions like 

Where are all the Sour Patch Parents? 

Questions like if Mickey's a mouse, and Minnie's a mouse, and Donald's a duck, and Daisy and Goofy, if they're all animals and they can talk 

Why is Pluto just a f-cking dog? 

Did they just forget to anthropomorphize him or worse, is Mickey keeping a mentally handicapped dude as a pet? 

I'm not, how does that fit in to that universe, that paradigm 

Goofy's a dog, he's talking 

This one, crawling around 

Guys, you got tight, I would never bash Disney 

Never 

Ever 

I think Disney teaches girls 

Young girls such important lessons that princess fairy tales, you know like 

Cinderella: It doesn't matter where you come from or how poor you are, you know, as long as you're incredibly hot 

Snow White: Which encourages children to 

You know, give midgets nicknames 

Sleeping Beauty: You know, which encourages, um 

Date rape, maybe not 

Maybe not that one 

I was doing a show recently on the border of, uh, Hannah Montana and South Dakota Fanning 

And after the show 

After the show, a guy came up to me 

And said, "Bo, why don't you ever tell stories on-stage about people coming up to you after the shows?" 

And I said, "'Cause they're never funny"