The Big Picture

The pictures far too big to look at kid

Your eyes won't open wide enough

And you're constantly surrounded by the swirling stream

Of what is and what was

Well, we all made our predictions but the truth still isn't out

But 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 sorta looks familiar

Until you get up close and 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

Well, is it your fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak?

An avalanche of opinions

Like the one that fell that I'm now underneath.

It was my voice that moved the first rock

Now I'd do it all again

So I mean, it's cool if you keep quiet but I like singing

So I'll be holding my note and stomping and strumming

And feeling so very lucky

And there is nothing I know except that this lifetime is one moment

And wishing will just leave me empty

So you can try and live in darkness but you will never shake the light

No, it will greet you every morning

And it will make you more aware with its absence at night

When you're wrapped up in your blankets

Babe, that comfortable cocoon

But I've seen the day of your awakening boy and it's coming soon

So go ahead and lose 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

And don't go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate

'Cause there's been a great deal of discussion, yes

About the properties of man

Animal or angel? You were carved from bone

But your heart, is just sand

And the wind is gonna scatter it and cover everything with love

So if it makes you happy, then keep kneeling, momma

But I'm standing up

Because this veil it has been lifted

Yes, my eyes are wet with clarity

I've been a witness to such wonders

Oh, I've searched for them all across this country

But I think I'll be returning now

To the town where I was born

And I understand you must keep movin', friend, but I'm headed home

Yeah, I'm gonna follow the road and let the scenery sweeping by

Easily enter my body

Now I'll send you all this message in code

Under ground, over mountains, through forests and deserts and cities

A-a-a-aaall across electric wire, it's a baited line

Yeah, the hooks in deep, boys, theres no more time

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