Breathe in all the air

Spinning, arms spread
Crushing the tops of mountains with my hands
As I dive into the Pacific
I flood the shorelines

And I exhale causing
The ocean's endless waves
As I emerge shaking the wreckage
From my hair, with my hands

I want to breathe
Life into the Dead Sea

As this rain forest
Falls beneath my knees
I want to breathe
Life into the Dead Sea

Below, where is your boat?
You are slow, you are slow

I will play until the sky is black (ahh)
Breathe in all the air
Exhale, and I will choke the land with carbon (you are)
Watch it all, burn it down (so slow, so slow)
From where I stand
I can see the curvature of the Earth
And I want to make it flat

I will play, the sky is black
I will play, sky is black


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It Was Fear of Myself That Made Me Odd Lyrics as written by Dallas Green Chris Steele

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    it goes beyond these transitory elements.

    this song is about the mind. it is about the idea that the world, the universe, and everything is a product of one's own thoughts and the mind has ultimate control over these things. he breathes as the world, he creates the waves, he creates all these things simply because he has a mind.

    unfortunately, these sort of thoughts are taboo in a western capitalist culture, and subjectivism brings the belief that because you think outside the box in terms of the ideas-of-reality, then you are odd and you are afraid of yourself.

    the mind is a powerful thing.

    geoffkon May 25, 2005   Link

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