Holy Elixir
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I touch the beginning
Animating animals and tree Gods
Scratching out legends in cave walls
The days pour down into nights as we watched
We matched stars with peaks
We fought beasts
We caught food for the feast
And we walked to a breast to receive the bound wheat
The grass
Black and strange
As we razed plains to ash
We laid claims
Exchanged grains
And made pacts
And we clashed
And we strained
And the rains lashed
The young maids were brave but they were made to lay flat
The old ways were too ingrained to make the reins snap
We laid traps
We gave our names back to the Saints
We sang out thanks and complaints
We burned fat
Arranged bones in the flames
Each bird a great catch
Our songs were spells
And our spells were plain facts
She laid down in the road where the people go by
And declared herself willing to try
I laid down beside her
But all I could see were the feet as they walked over me
That's when she told me: "I was Holy Elixir"
She said "I thought I knew the world but it was only a picture"
She said "We're all written in the holiest scripture
It's just we're living in this time that says no inhibitions
Get yours, keep going, the distance, no limits
And don't bother protesting because nobody listens
Besides
All your solutions dissolve under scrutiny
And you can't stand a note of derision
Instead seek approval to justify your existence
Have opinions but have no resolve or conviction
Just keep your head down
Breathe the fumes and indulge your addictions
Routine is healthy, ignore the affliction
The cost to the soul and the constant constriction
Don't consider too closely, have no intermission
Keep throwing your fists in slow repetition
Most of us manage, what makes you so different?
Now, you seem a bright spark
Go ahead, take the road with the pilgrims
Head for the temples of democracy
Freedom, growth, reason, liberty, hope
But don't pay attention to what's hanging from the rope"
She said "Decode the language
Unfold the symbols
Untold disciples got lost in the hillside
Following intellect, they let go of wisdom
And now they'll tell you the soul's a closed system
They sacrificed instinct to phony ambition
And now what they hold in their fist has become all that there is
But total existence needs meaning and myth
Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist
Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness"
The moment her lips said "peace"
My peace melted
I became a memory
I felt myself peel
I was atoms
Magnesium
Calcium
I was real
She said "We are born of collision
We are divisions of a bigger vision
And yet
We run around like hamsters
Spinning the wheel
Spinning the wheel
Spinning the wheel"
I was on my knees then
Begging for pardon
I was old and clothed in white garments
In a vast red desert
Where the rocks were dark blue and varnished
And a voice said
"This is the garden
Now you better start sowing
Or there won't be a harvest"
I came to
Under a domed roof
The light was cold and clear and fragmented
There was people, moving
I watched them
I saw a muscle of school girls performing
I saw the ticket woman massaging the small of her back
And the young gent, neat as a crease in his work clothes
And the light, light as breath on the dirty, old track
Animating animals and tree Gods
Scratching out legends in cave walls
The days pour down into nights as we watched
We matched stars with peaks
We fought beasts
We caught food for the feast
And we walked to a breast to receive the bound wheat
The grass
Black and strange
As we razed plains to ash
We laid claims
Exchanged grains
And made pacts
And we clashed
And we strained
And the rains lashed
The young maids were brave but they were made to lay flat
The old ways were too ingrained to make the reins snap
We laid traps
We gave our names back to the Saints
We sang out thanks and complaints
We burned fat
Arranged bones in the flames
Each bird a great catch
Our songs were spells
And our spells were plain facts
She laid down in the road where the people go by
And declared herself willing to try
I laid down beside her
But all I could see were the feet as they walked over me
That's when she told me: "I was Holy Elixir"
She said "I thought I knew the world but it was only a picture"
She said "We're all written in the holiest scripture
It's just we're living in this time that says no inhibitions
Get yours, keep going, the distance, no limits
And don't bother protesting because nobody listens
Besides
All your solutions dissolve under scrutiny
And you can't stand a note of derision
Instead seek approval to justify your existence
Have opinions but have no resolve or conviction
Just keep your head down
Breathe the fumes and indulge your addictions
Routine is healthy, ignore the affliction
The cost to the soul and the constant constriction
Don't consider too closely, have no intermission
Keep throwing your fists in slow repetition
Most of us manage, what makes you so different?
Now, you seem a bright spark
Go ahead, take the road with the pilgrims
Head for the temples of democracy
Freedom, growth, reason, liberty, hope
But don't pay attention to what's hanging from the rope"
She said "Decode the language
Unfold the symbols
Untold disciples got lost in the hillside
Following intellect, they let go of wisdom
And now they'll tell you the soul's a closed system
They sacrificed instinct to phony ambition
And now what they hold in their fist has become all that there is
But total existence needs meaning and myth
Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist
Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness"
The moment her lips said "peace"
My peace melted
I became a memory
I felt myself peel
I was atoms
Magnesium
Calcium
I was real
She said "We are born of collision
We are divisions of a bigger vision
And yet
We run around like hamsters
Spinning the wheel
Spinning the wheel
Spinning the wheel"
I was on my knees then
Begging for pardon
I was old and clothed in white garments
In a vast red desert
Where the rocks were dark blue and varnished
And a voice said
"This is the garden
Now you better start sowing
Or there won't be a harvest"
I came to
Under a domed roof
The light was cold and clear and fragmented
There was people, moving
I watched them
I saw a muscle of school girls performing
I saw the ticket woman massaging the small of her back
And the young gent, neat as a crease in his work clothes
And the light, light as breath on the dirty, old track
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:10.30] I touch the beginning
[00:12.52] Animating animals and tree Gods
[00:16.18] Scratching out legends in cave walls
[00:18.95] The days pour down into nights as we watched
[00:21.82] We matched stars with peaks
[00:23.81] We fought beasts
[00:24.93] We caught food for the feast
[00:26.30] And we walked to a breast to receive the bound wheat
[00:29.58] The grass
[00:30.95] Black and strange
[00:32.45] As we razed plains to ash
[00:34.31] We laid claims
[00:35.45] Exchanged grains
[00:36.41] And made pacts
[00:37.69] And we clashed
[00:39.06] And we strained
[00:40.89] And the rains lashed
[00:42.84] The young maids were brave but they were made to lay flat
[00:45.89] The old ways were too ingrained to make the reins snap
[00:49.92] We laid traps
[00:52.95] We gave our names back to the Saints
[00:55.36] We sang out thanks and complaints
[00:57.62] We burned fat
[00:59.25] Arranged bones in the flames
[01:01.65] Each bird a great catch
[01:04.14] Our songs were spells
[01:06.08] And our spells were plain facts
[01:10.94] She laid down in the road where the people go by
[01:15.79] And declared herself willing to try
[01:19.32] I laid down beside her
[01:22.05] But all I could see were the feet as they walked over me
[01:28.89] That's when she told me: "I was Holy Elixir"
[01:35.05] She said "I thought I knew the world but it was only a picture"
[01:38.34] She said "We're all written in the holiest scripture
[01:41.53] It's just we're living in this time that says no inhibitions
[01:44.88] Get yours, keep going, the distance, no limits
[01:47.35] And don't bother protesting because nobody listens
[01:49.96] Besides
[01:50.78] All your solutions dissolve under scrutiny
[01:53.22] And you can't stand a note of derision
[01:55.61] Instead seek approval to justify your existence
[01:58.91] Have opinions but have no resolve or conviction
[02:01.85] Just keep your head down
[02:03.77] Breathe the fumes and indulge your addictions
[02:06.82] Routine is healthy, ignore the affliction
[02:10.43] The cost to the soul and the constant constriction
[02:14.63] Don't consider too closely, have no intermission
[02:18.31] Keep throwing your fists in slow repetition
[02:21.27] Most of us manage, what makes you so different?
[02:25.03] Now, you seem a bright spark
[02:26.84] Go ahead, take the road with the pilgrims
[02:29.23] Head for the temples of democracy
[02:31.48] Freedom, growth, reason, liberty, hope
[02:36.25] But don't pay attention to what's hanging from the rope"
[02:40.29] She said "Decode the language
[02:42.85] Unfold the symbols
[02:45.20] Untold disciples got lost in the hillside
[02:48.97] Following intellect, they let go of wisdom
[02:51.98] And now they'll tell you the soul's a closed system
[02:55.29] They sacrificed instinct to phony ambition
[02:59.81] And now what they hold in their fist has become all that there is
[03:03.43] But total existence needs meaning and myth
[03:06.98] Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist
[03:10.26] Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness"
[03:16.76] The moment her lips said "peace"
[03:18.61] My peace melted
[03:21.74] I became a memory
[03:23.43] I felt myself peel
[03:25.88] I was atoms
[03:27.92] Magnesium
[03:29.66] Calcium
[03:31.39] I was real
[03:34.13] She said "We are born of collision
[03:37.19] We are divisions of a bigger vision
[03:39.15] And yet
[03:40.36] We run around like hamsters
[03:42.51] Spinning the wheel
[03:44.69] Spinning the wheel
[03:47.38] Spinning the wheel"
[03:50.60] I was on my knees then
[03:52.72] Begging for pardon
[03:55.51] I was old and clothed in white garments
[03:58.43] In a vast red desert
[04:00.10] Where the rocks were dark blue and varnished
[04:03.47] And a voice said
[04:06.82] "This is the garden
[04:09.73] Now you better start sowing
[04:11.95] Or there won't be a harvest"
[04:18.30] I came to
[04:22.62] Under a domed roof
[04:27.34] The light was cold and clear and fragmented
[04:31.80] There was people, moving
[04:34.85] I watched them
[04:35.92] I saw a muscle of school girls performing
[04:40.88] I saw the ticket woman massaging the small of her back
[04:44.81] And the young gent, neat as a crease in his work clothes
[04:48.94] And the light, light as breath on the dirty, old track
[04:55.32]
[00:12.52] Animating animals and tree Gods
[00:16.18] Scratching out legends in cave walls
[00:18.95] The days pour down into nights as we watched
[00:21.82] We matched stars with peaks
[00:23.81] We fought beasts
[00:24.93] We caught food for the feast
[00:26.30] And we walked to a breast to receive the bound wheat
[00:29.58] The grass
[00:30.95] Black and strange
[00:32.45] As we razed plains to ash
[00:34.31] We laid claims
[00:35.45] Exchanged grains
[00:36.41] And made pacts
[00:37.69] And we clashed
[00:39.06] And we strained
[00:40.89] And the rains lashed
[00:42.84] The young maids were brave but they were made to lay flat
[00:45.89] The old ways were too ingrained to make the reins snap
[00:49.92] We laid traps
[00:52.95] We gave our names back to the Saints
[00:55.36] We sang out thanks and complaints
[00:57.62] We burned fat
[00:59.25] Arranged bones in the flames
[01:01.65] Each bird a great catch
[01:04.14] Our songs were spells
[01:06.08] And our spells were plain facts
[01:10.94] She laid down in the road where the people go by
[01:15.79] And declared herself willing to try
[01:19.32] I laid down beside her
[01:22.05] But all I could see were the feet as they walked over me
[01:28.89] That's when she told me: "I was Holy Elixir"
[01:35.05] She said "I thought I knew the world but it was only a picture"
[01:38.34] She said "We're all written in the holiest scripture
[01:41.53] It's just we're living in this time that says no inhibitions
[01:44.88] Get yours, keep going, the distance, no limits
[01:47.35] And don't bother protesting because nobody listens
[01:49.96] Besides
[01:50.78] All your solutions dissolve under scrutiny
[01:53.22] And you can't stand a note of derision
[01:55.61] Instead seek approval to justify your existence
[01:58.91] Have opinions but have no resolve or conviction
[02:01.85] Just keep your head down
[02:03.77] Breathe the fumes and indulge your addictions
[02:06.82] Routine is healthy, ignore the affliction
[02:10.43] The cost to the soul and the constant constriction
[02:14.63] Don't consider too closely, have no intermission
[02:18.31] Keep throwing your fists in slow repetition
[02:21.27] Most of us manage, what makes you so different?
[02:25.03] Now, you seem a bright spark
[02:26.84] Go ahead, take the road with the pilgrims
[02:29.23] Head for the temples of democracy
[02:31.48] Freedom, growth, reason, liberty, hope
[02:36.25] But don't pay attention to what's hanging from the rope"
[02:40.29] She said "Decode the language
[02:42.85] Unfold the symbols
[02:45.20] Untold disciples got lost in the hillside
[02:48.97] Following intellect, they let go of wisdom
[02:51.98] And now they'll tell you the soul's a closed system
[02:55.29] They sacrificed instinct to phony ambition
[02:59.81] And now what they hold in their fist has become all that there is
[03:03.43] But total existence needs meaning and myth
[03:06.98] Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist
[03:10.26] Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness"
[03:16.76] The moment her lips said "peace"
[03:18.61] My peace melted
[03:21.74] I became a memory
[03:23.43] I felt myself peel
[03:25.88] I was atoms
[03:27.92] Magnesium
[03:29.66] Calcium
[03:31.39] I was real
[03:34.13] She said "We are born of collision
[03:37.19] We are divisions of a bigger vision
[03:39.15] And yet
[03:40.36] We run around like hamsters
[03:42.51] Spinning the wheel
[03:44.69] Spinning the wheel
[03:47.38] Spinning the wheel"
[03:50.60] I was on my knees then
[03:52.72] Begging for pardon
[03:55.51] I was old and clothed in white garments
[03:58.43] In a vast red desert
[04:00.10] Where the rocks were dark blue and varnished
[04:03.47] And a voice said
[04:06.82] "This is the garden
[04:09.73] Now you better start sowing
[04:11.95] Or there won't be a harvest"
[04:18.30] I came to
[04:22.62] Under a domed roof
[04:27.34] The light was cold and clear and fragmented
[04:31.80] There was people, moving
[04:34.85] I watched them
[04:35.92] I saw a muscle of school girls performing
[04:40.88] I saw the ticket woman massaging the small of her back
[04:44.81] And the young gent, neat as a crease in his work clothes
[04:48.94] And the light, light as breath on the dirty, old track
[04:55.32]