Bright Eyes The Big Picture lyrics

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 all make 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 then it's different clearly
But each time you turn a corner, you're
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'm 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 stomping and strumming
And feeling so very lucky
There is nothing I know except this lifetime's one moment
And wishing will just leave me empty

So you can try and live in darkness
But you will never shake the light
No it will greet you every morning
And make you more aware with its absence at night
When you're wrapped up in your blankets baby
The comfortable cocoon
But I've 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 better find your place
And don't go blaming 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 is just sand
And the wind is gonna scatter it
And cover everything with love
So if it makes you happy then keep kneeling mama
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
I searched for them all across this country
But I think I'll be returning now
To that 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 sweeping by easily enter my body
Now I'll send you all this message in code
Underground, over mountains
Through forests and deserts and cities
A-a-a-all across electric wire, it's a baited line yeah
The hooks 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