The Big Picture

The picture's far too big to look at, kid Your eyes won't open wide enough And you're constantly surrounded By the swirling stream of what is and what was Well, we've all made our predictions But the truth still isn't out But if you want to see the future Go and stare into a cloud And keep trying to find your way Out through that maze of memories It all sort of looks familiar Until you get up close, then 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 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'm now underneath It was my voice that moved the first rock And I would do it all again 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 And there is nothing I know except a lifetime's one moment And wishing will just leave you empty So you can try to live in darkness But you will never shake the light No, it will greet you every morning Make you more aware with its absence at night When you're wrapped up in your blankets, baby That comfortable cocoon But I've seen the day of your awakening, boy And it's coming soon So go ahead and loose 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 I mean, animal or angel You were carved from bone but your heart is just sand And the wind is going to scatter it And cover everything with love So if it makes you happy then keep kneeling But I'm standing up Because this veil it has been lifted, yes My eyes are wet with clarity I've been a witness to such wonders, yes 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 moving, friend But I'm headed home Yeah, I'm going follow the road And let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body I will send this message in code, underground over mountains Through forests and deserts and cities All across electric wire, it's a baited line Yeah, the hook's in deep, boys, there's no more time So you can struggle in the water Be too stubborn to die Or you can just let go And be lifted to the sky