The Big Picture

The picture is 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 all made our 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 then it's different clearly

But each time you turn a corner

You are, you are 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 over again

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

But I like singing, yeah

So I'll be holding my note and stomping

And strumming and feeling so very lucky

There is nothing I know except 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'll make you more aware with its absence at night

When you are wrapped up in your blankets, baby

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 are thinking, no

It's the course of history, your position in line

You are just a piece of the puzzle

So I think you better find your place

And don't go blamin' 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 it's just sand

And the wind is going to scatter it

And cover everything with love

So if it makes you happy then

Keep kneeling, Mama, but I am standing up

Because this veil, it has been lifted, yes

My eyes are wet with clarity

I have been a witness to such wonders

Oh, I have 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 am headed home

Yeah, I'm gonna follow the road

And let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body

And I'll send you all this message in code

Underground, over mountains, through forests and deserts and cities

Ah, ah, ah, all across electric wires, and baited line, ya

The hook's in deep boys, there is no more time

So you can struggle in the water, be too stubborn to die

Or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky, ah, ah, ah