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Tell Me You Don't Know Lyrics
Come break my bones,
come spread my ashes.
Come wear me down,
come wear me down.
In life a king,
in death a failure.
Come help me cry,
come help me cry.
(spoken)
I wanted to be changed by the road.
I so wanted to change the road.
But somehow we both resisted change.
Somehow we were both too strong.
And yet we have both winded away,
unsure of where we head.
And it's like we're both confused as to who is who.
As if, late in the night,
you can't tell the wanderer from the road
- the walker from the walked.
Maybe I'm just the road, dreaming that I walk.
Dust in my throat,
dust in my nostrils.
Dust in my mouth,
dust in my eyes.
From dust I come,
through dust I wander.
Dust I'll remain - dust all I am.
come spread my ashes.
Come wear me down,
come wear me down.
In life a king,
in death a failure.
Come help me cry,
come help me cry.
I wanted to be changed by the road.
I so wanted to change the road.
But somehow we both resisted change.
Somehow we were both too strong.
And yet we have both winded away,
unsure of where we head.
And it's like we're both confused as to who is who.
As if, late in the night,
you can't tell the wanderer from the road
- the walker from the walked.
Maybe I'm just the road, dreaming that I walk.
dust in my nostrils.
Dust in my mouth,
dust in my eyes.
From dust I come,
through dust I wander.
Dust I'll remain - dust all I am.
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this are the ''Of Dust'' lyrics
First off, the lyrics are wrong. Here are the right ones:
There's a me who always found his way But I can't seem to find him just today If sometimes I ask you where to go Just don't help me find the road Tell me you don't know Just tell me so There was a me who always knew what's right That's who I need to help me through this night So if sometimes I ask you where to go Please don't help me find the road Tell me you don't know Please tell me you don't know If sometimes I ask you where to go Just don't help me find the road Tell me you don't know If sometimes I ask you where to go Please don't help me find the road Tell me you don't know! Tell me you don't know!
To me, this song means that the singer's normally sure-of-themself and clear-compassed mind is cloudy at the moment. They have lost their sense of direction, both morally/emotionally and physically (hence the fun little "please don't help me find the road" (path that should be taken) play on words.)
They would normally know what to do, but today they don't. They have lost that confident self they would normally know and trust. So they turn to the listener for help.
But the trip of this all is that the singer; in this moment of clarity & anticipating the next moment they feel lost as described in this song; knows that they will become themselves again one day, fully, and that clouds last until the next rain but the clear and strong sky is their truth and reality.
So, the singer says: "Don't point a finger in any direction! Say you can't find a single one!"
Because at the end of the day, they only want to guide themself, rely on themself.
This isn't rejection of advice in a stable place, it's avoiding listening blindly to others in a vulnerable state. It's an admirable show of strength and a resolve to face life's toughest problems in a self-reliant way.
TL, DR: "TELL ME TO MAN UP!"
Been listening to this song starting on my Dad's CD on the way to school in the car on the mornings. Finally clicked. Finally understand it about 10 years later. Awesome when that happens with a song.