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 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 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 But I have 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 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 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 And I understand you must keep moving, friend But I'm headed home 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