Suffering Is The Nature Of Samsara Lyrics - The Roches

I woke up on a mountain I had walked around the world 

My family would have been so proud 

I never had that kind of courage when I was a girl 

Of all the children it was me who always cried out loud. 

I cried out loud when a boy in my class 

poisoned my best friend. 

He put her body in a box on the grass 

I had so much to tell her but I never saw her again. 

I'm trying to be true to what I believe in. 

I grew up on the east coast of a place they call The West 

I had a set of rules to go by 

Followed them so faithfully I needed me a rest 

So I took up with the guru but I didn't really know why. 

Guru said "The pain you're in is nothing but a dream" 

I told him "I'm unable to believe." 

"Well, that's a start," he said and then he ran out of gasoline 

But I still think he's got something up his sleeve. 

He's trying to be true to what he believes in.