The Big Picture

The pictures far too big to look at kid
 Your eyes won't open wide enough
 And you are constantly surrounded
 By the swirling stream
 Of what is and what was
 Well, we've all made out predictions but
 The truth still isn't out
 But if you wanna 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 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 am now underneath
 It was my voice that moved the first rock
 And I would do it all again
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 So I mean, it's cool if you keep quiet but
 I like singing
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 So I'll be holding my note
 And stomping and strumming
 And feeling so very lucky
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 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
 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 blanket babe
 That comfortable cocoon
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 But I have seen the day of your awakening boy
 And it's coming soon
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 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
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 Because 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
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 Because this veil is has been lifted, yes
 My eyes are wet with clarity
 I've been a witness to such wonders
 Oh I've searched for them across the country
 But I think I'll be returning now
 To the town where I was born
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 And I understand you must keep moving, friend
 But I'm headed home
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 Yeah I'm gonna follow the road
 And let the scenery weeping by
 Easily enter my body
 And I'll send you all this message in code
 Under ground, over mountains
 Through forests and deserts and cities
 All across electric wire, it's a baited line
 The hook is in deep, boys, there is 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