Hope clouds reason
Truth behind closed eyes
We wait for something
To rescue us. Our prize
Is what we’ve shared
And may never again have
But I’m still here
If only to save you from the sun
And I’m still here
If only to save you with my gun
I heard your voice
In my head; it brought me peace
But an awful truth follows me
To leave me ill at ease -
That I hate the sun
And I hate my gun
And I hate being alone
But that’s exactly what I am.
I won’t die, for not believing your lie
I believe that you’re high, and it’s MY God in the sky.
I’m here, adding fuel to your fear
And if you don’t adhere, you will disappear.
Your skin is darker than mine
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You don’t believe in my God
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
Oh you won’t sing my song?
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
Just want to get along?
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You think you’re better than me
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You won’t adopt my beliefs
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You live in peace while I seethe
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You breathe the air that I breathe!
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You live in my world and I
WILL NOT TOLERATE
You disrespecting my rules!
WILL NOT TOLERATE!
You’re everything that’s not me!
And I will not tolerate you!
YOUR DEATH WILL SET ME FREE.
Lying in my place of serenity,
Trees blow me a kiss.
In this love-strewn place I rest,
Nothing is amiss.
In and out of sleep I drift,
Dreams and reality intertwine -
Butterflies form a dancing troupe
The squirrel’s a pantomime.
I smell your skin, I feel your warmth
You keep me from going under.
You brought me back from my personal abyss,
To your love and will, I surrender.
I felt the sun go down at 12pm today
Mid-day, mid-life, nowhere my head to lay
With fragments of a broken mind
My thoughts are of unholy kind
Lost everything that I hold dear
Hopelessness giving birth to fear
This will not end until I break
Until I sleep and never wake.
So familiar and over-whelmingly warm
This one, this form I hold now
Embracing you, this reality here
This one, this form I hold now
So wide-eyed and hopeful
Wide-eyed and hopefully wild
We barely remember
What came before this precious moment
Choosing to be here, right now
Hold on, stay inside
This body, holding me
Reminding me that I am not alone in
This body, makes me feel… eternal,
All this pain is an illusion
We barely remember
Who or what came before this precious moment
Choosing to be here, right now
Hold on, stay inside
This holy reality, this holy experience
Choosing to be here in
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion
Alive
In this holy reality,
In this holy experience,
Choosing to be here in
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion
Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and
Celebrate this chance to be
Alive and breathing
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember:
We are eternal! All this pain is an illusion!
(Lyrics by Maynard James Keenan/Tool. Taken from the album “Lateralus”. I will be contacting their forums to ask if we are allowed to show these lyrics on our websites. In the meantime, I wanted you all to read these)