Bedoin tribes ascending
From the egg into the flower,
Alpha information sending
State within the heaven shower
From disciples the unending
Subtleties of river power
They slip inside this house as they pass by

If your limbs begin dissolving
In the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving
In the stream that clears your head
Find yourself a caravan
Like Noah must have led
And slip inside this house as you pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

True conception, knowing why
Brings even more than meets the eye
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

In this dark we call creation
We can be and feel and know
From an effort, comfort station
That's surviving on the go
There's infinite survival in
The high baptismal glow.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own.

Live where your heart can be given
And your life starts to unfold
In the forms you envision
In this dream that's ages old
On the river layer is the only sayer
You receive all you can hold
Like you've been told.

Every day's another dawning
Give the morning winds a chance
Always catch your thunder yawning
Lift your mind into the dance
Sweep the shadows from your awning
Shrink the fourfold circumstance
That lies outside this house don't pass it by.

Higher worlds that you uncover
Light the path you want to roam
You compare there and discover
You won't need a shell of foam
Twice born gypsies care and keep
The nowhere of their former home
They slip inside this house as they pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

You think you can't, you wish you could
I know you can, I wish you would
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

Four and twenty birds of Maya
Baked into an atom you
Polarized into existence
Magnet heart from red to blue
To such extent the realm of dark
Within the picture it seems true
But slip inside this house and then decide.

All your lightning waits inside you
Travel it along your spine
Seven stars receive your visit
Seven seals remain divine
Seven churches filled with spirit,
Treasure from the angels' mine
Slip inside this house as you pass by.
Slip inside this house as you pass by.

The space you make has your own laws
No longer human gods are cause
The center of this house will never die.

There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own.

Draw from the well of unchanging
Its union nourishes on
In the right re-arranging
Till the last confusion is gone
Water-brothers trust in the ultimust
Of the always singing song they pass along.

One-eyed men aren't really reigning
They just march in place until
Two-eyed men with mystery training
Finally feel the power fill
Three-eyed men are not complaining.
They can yo-yo where they will
They slip inside this house as they pass by.
Don't pass it by.


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  • +1
    Song Comparison
    Anyone think that REM's 'Losing My Religion' is an 'homage' to Roky Erickson and the Elevators?
    Tangentialon February 14, 2013   Link
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    Memory
    Whom? Is him without a doubt 100% Truest
    octopusseson January 07, 2013   Link
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    General Comment
    Enter the matrix: First of all it is not about drugs at all. It is about the world beyond what we see, the metaphysical realm if you will. The "house that you pass by" is simply the realm of God or creator (depending on your beliefs). When Rocky Erickson says to "slip inside this house as you pass by," he means to connect with your Lord. But on a deeper level it also means to not be afraid to explore beyond the living. The house is simply heaven, the lord is always with us everyday but we take it for granted. By ignoring the lord, we are passing by "this house by", instead of passing it by we should "slip inside", meaning to take time out to have communion with the lord every once in a while. Read the lyrics, there is a lot of historical and philosophical references. For instance: "Bedoin tribes ascending from the egg into the flower", refers the creation of life in the middle east. We believe the garden of eden was in the middle east and many religions originated from these tribes. "everydays another dawning" = today is the first day of the rest of your life "Twice born gypsies care and keep The nowhere of their former home They slip inside this house as they pass by", catch my drift?
    dublhelixon June 10, 2013   Link
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    General Comment
    As you pass through life, gitcha ass to church! Don't pass it by.
    Rankoutsideron June 11, 2016   Link
  • -3
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    I bet it's about drugs.
    poehaon March 22, 2009   Link

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