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