It starts out with a question. How much of it is real? The skepticism sets in, and lessens your appeal Next, you study conspiracy, develop some theories And become extra wary of all your previous learned material Your tolerence for stupidity degrades Most of your friends seem to be trapped in the maze You narrow your associates down to the few you can stand And even they sometimes wonder what's going on in that head of yours You study east and western philosophy, psychology, physics You think a lot more, and start to question existence You wonder about your nervous system's limits You tamper with reality maps, and then ask hallucinogenic induced "Who am I's? What am I? Am I forever?" All information breathes in the shallow dark hells of never You can see where it's leading. You wish you were dreaming If the castle crumbles no one's there to put it back together
[Chorus] Have you ever felt yourself slippin' away? Where all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed? There's no place to run, no place to hide You can't escape from inside, and you're losing your mind You try to think of when it started, and ask yourself why But each thought deepens the sickness and completes the desert dry Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness so you...
... cry to your god, and act normal to your peers What if God ain't hearing you? That's your only fear Each day you think more about your psychosis No one but you can help you, and you know this That's the craziest part of it all In your rational mind, you only know two things for sure One is that your totally nuts And the other is that you're the only one with the cure It doesn't make sense, it's not how you imagined You never knew it could just happen You thought it came from stress, suicide, a near death experience War, drug trips, low pay ,carelessness You've heard plenty of stories about schizophrenia But never had evidence of one who thought himself mad You're going crazy, and desperately reachin' for reason But the strain to stay sane's your only demon; best believe it
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You finally realize that you've always lived in hell No human model or metaphor can explain how you fell The puzzle's alive, and it changes as you try to escape it It created time and made it appear to pass by You don't know what you think. You don't think what you know You're a total lunatic, and afraid it's starting to show Where do you go when your brain is your worst enemy? The six hundred and sixty six foot tall bridge on seventh street? You're scared. You're scared. Why are you so scared? There'd be no problem if you didn't care Now you've truly formed an opinion about heaven It starts out with a question, and this is what it ends in
Now I know you've felt yourself slip away Now all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed There's no place to run. No place to hide You can't escape the fact that you've lost your mind You can't erase your mistakes. There's no way to rewind The harder you look, the harder it is to find Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness, so you dive so you dive [repeated]
And with each foot you fall the voice in your head starts to sound more and more like yours
[Chorus] Have you ever felt yourself slippin' away? Where all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed? There's no place to run, no place to hide You can't escape from inside, and you're losing your mind You try to think of when it started, and ask yourself why But each thought deepens the sickness and completes the desert dry Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness so you...
... cry to your god, and act normal to your peers What if God ain't hearing you? That's your only fear Each day you think more about your psychosis No one but you can help you, and you know this That's the craziest part of it all In your rational mind, you only know two things for sure One is that your totally nuts And the other is that you're the only one with the cure It doesn't make sense, it's not how you imagined You never knew it could just happen You thought it came from stress, suicide, a near death experience War, drug trips, low pay ,carelessness You've heard plenty of stories about schizophrenia But never had evidence of one who thought himself mad You're going crazy, and desperately reachin' for reason But the strain to stay sane's your only demon; best believe it
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You finally realize that you've always lived in hell No human model or metaphor can explain how you fell The puzzle's alive, and it changes as you try to escape it It created time and made it appear to pass by You don't know what you think. You don't think what you know You're a total lunatic, and afraid it's starting to show Where do you go when your brain is your worst enemy? The six hundred and sixty six foot tall bridge on seventh street? You're scared. You're scared. Why are you so scared? There'd be no problem if you didn't care Now you've truly formed an opinion about heaven It starts out with a question, and this is what it ends in
Now I know you've felt yourself slip away Now all you think about's your sanity, and how it decayed There's no place to run. No place to hide You can't escape the fact that you've lost your mind You can't erase your mistakes. There's no way to rewind The harder you look, the harder it is to find Fear feeds the derangement of the inner eye With nothing left you find yourself falling to madness, so you dive so you dive [repeated]
And with each foot you fall the voice in your head starts to sound more and more like yours
Take a deep breath There's nothing to be afraid of What you just did was fall to the depths of existence The place your mind keeps you away from by it's own process of building models for understanding This is NOT insanity This is, in fact, the ultimate reality The union you've achieved is only possible with thoughts no more You never fall if you never fight
You found yourself fall into madness The best thing you ever did was let go [x2]
I found myself fall into madness The best thing I ever did was let go [x2]
See, life is a play that we're always acting out Without ever seeing it from the writer's or audience's point of view When we reach infinity, we become the writers and the actors and the audience at the exact same time
So here you are And now you understand You always were here That's why you always ran But you can only run away for so long Before you catch up with yourself and become part of the song I'd like to welcome you to the heaven you've created I tell the truth this is the wisdom of the ancients Holding on to something contradicts our being, so fly free Maybe I had to go crazy to get where I am I felt myself slipping away and I let myself fall Gotta lose your mind before you find it And when you finally find it you find out you never lost it at all There's a natural flow That's attached to your soul It don't ask you to go It just gradually pulls It's always now and you're never not you So follow yourself 'cause if nothing else, your existence is true
Have you ever felt yourself slipping away? I am, I mean, I was slipping away But no matter what I am I'm me And I know me so I'm ok
Have you ever felt yourself slipping away? You are, I mean, you were slipping away But no matter what you are you're you And you know you so you're ok
I'm not a poet or a communist, a comet, or a star You're not a genius or a prophet you just are I'm not insane 'cause I have no need for my sanity It's just another chain that keeps me from reality Reality is mine; to play with and mold The best thing I ever did was let go So let go of the models Transcend the physical mind And peacefully become part of the whole The walls came tumbling down But this time it was for keeps I've been running around Looking for my feet Now they're part of the ground And make the ground complete Live in the now and forever be at peace Live in the now, don't stray away from the cycle I'm one with the universe One with the life flow When you know that that which is below is above The fear you once had will become love (feel the love)
Have you ever felt yourself slipping away? I am, I mean, I was slipping away But no matter what I am I'm me And I know me so I'm ok
Have you ever felt yourself slipping away? You are, I mean, you were slipping away But no matter what you are you're you And you know you so you're ok
It starts out with a question: How much of it is real? Now all is irrelevant outside of this ordeal Don't worry about explainin' it There ain't no human language That can actually describe exactly how you feel Now I see clear through external distractions Piece by piece it comes together So I laugh and I smile In the beginning it was deranged But I guess all things come to pass, after awhile If madness could have a picture face how would it look? Like step one to becoming the contents of your own book Right where you are right now is where you're gonna stay And as long as you're always moving with yourself You'll never slip away...