Hello Melancholy, Hello Joy

We’re the fever, we’re the balm
We’re the limerick and the psalm

We’re the yeast and the rising bread
We’re the quick who’ll soon be dead

Hello melancholy, hello joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy!

We’re the praise, we’re the fault
The proclamation and the vault

We’re the chapter, verse and book
In way deep, sinker, line and hook

Hello melancholy, hello joy

We’re the silk, my love, we’re the grit
We come up roses, we’re the shit

We’re the particle and the wave
We just don’t know how to behave

Come now melancholy, come now joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy!

We like it slow but we’re short of time 
We’ve got no reason but plenty of rhyme

We’re the gossip here and there
A total cliché, darling, but I don’t care

My dear melancholy, my dear joy
Joy, joy, joy, joy!