The Big Picture Lyrics - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground - Bright Eyes

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