bright eyes

the picture is far too big to look at, kid
your eyes won't open wide enough
and you are constantly surrounded by that swirling stream
of what is and what was

well, we've all made our predictions
but the truth still isn't out
so if you want to see the future
go stare into a cloud
and keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories

it all sort of looks familiar
until you get up close and then it's different, clearly
but each time you turn a corner
you're right back where you were
and your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear

and there is nothing i know
except that this lifetime is just one moment
and wishing will just leave me empty
so you can try and live in darkness
but you will never shake the light
it will greet you every morning
and make you more aware with its absence at night
but i have seen the day of your awakening
and it's coming soon
so go ahead and loose yourself in liquor
and you can praise the clouded mind
but it isn't what you're thinking
no, it's the course of history
your position in line
you're just a piece of the puzzle
so i think you'd better find your place

you were carved from bone
but your heart it's just sand
and the wind is going to scatter it
and cover everything with love
so if it makes you happy
then keep kneeling
but i am standing up
because this veil it has been lifted
my eyes are wet with clarity
i'm going to follow the road
and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body

so you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die
or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky