Things I Saw That Saved Me

by Soulful Ensemble   Sep 9, 2008


I've seen the day turn to dusk in the middle of the night.
I've watched babies burn while their mothers fight.
I've tasted blood in a homeless man's eyes to the rich man's delight.
I've seen virgins turn to harlots who pretend every thing's alright.
But I had never felt my heart burning like the sun's light.
And here I am right now, in the hole of the rainbow,
Enjoying the light and slightly opening the window.
I see blind men walk with their widows who don't know they're gone.
And everybody wishes the song was done.

I've felt the melting power of the heat of day.
It's burned holes in my soul before, but I'm okay.
Years of heartache have me healed today,
And love's flowing rainbow shows me the way.

And the lightning falls twice in the same place
My soul rejoices, its no longer in a daze.
Cars beep and alarms ring to be completely disregarded
Even the gates outside the mansions are now unguarded.

Theres nothing to protect, as one is love
Love is one and so is the white dove.
And we are all it and it gives us might
So we may always go on fighting whats right.

And I won't forget the fire down the isles
Turning every empty skull to vile.
Vile for my mind to swallow whole and die
As everyone in the world is asking " why?"

Its all over now, baby, the fire is calm
The painful rush down the spine is gone.
Before, all you could hear was the exploding bomb
That took up the sky and turned the dawn.

Images all float in space and swoon
Caressing every face they pass.
With one stroke of the light of moon
All anxieties will leave, at last.

And I want peace-- god damn it-- peace!
And all who shoot it down are deceased.
Their minds are rotting like old grease
On an open sore with no release--
They're stuck in a cage with the police.

I know within my soul that love is here
The feelings inside my being are free.
Come outside, I'll keep you near
Every thing you believe in makes the sea
And it's all-encompassing beauty makes a sphere.

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