As the sun comes creeping up the mountain
And the wind blows over from the sea
Hey, we're brought into this land like tiny particles of sand,
Unsure of who we're smarter than, or what we're meant to be
Oh the grains sift coarsely through the hour glass
And collect like their victims in the bowl
The ungodly force of change erodes all sense of earthly gains
While tending to the mundane will terrorize your soul
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong
The past is old and gone
It's best to move along and find your Avalon

Well, I wish that I could tell you it was easy,
Just take the paved road right to paradise
But the truth is my friend, the pain and suffering never ends
Make amends with medicine, amnesia, and lies
The grains sift coarsely through the hour glass
And they pound like boulders on the brain
All those things you did for fun,
Never hurting anyone,
Careless shadows in the sun, just empty and lame
And it's no, it's no use thinking that you're wrong
The past is old and gone
It's best to move along and find your Avalon

It's no use thinking that you're wrong
The past is dead and gone
It's best to move along and find your Avalon

So now the day races from the twilight
How the fields are enveloped by the shade
And the story that you'll tell,
Inventory of your well,
Crack the shell and find the mortar silted and decayed
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong
The past is dead and gone
It's best to move along and find your Avalon
It's best to hurry on and find your Avalon


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Avalon Lyrics as written by Greg Graffin Brett W. Gurewitz

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    Without going into the details of the lyrics and the metaphors they contain, I think it’s about finding your own meaning of life / happiness inside yourself to define your own existence. Time and life keep sifting through the proverbial hour glass. Don’t take society’s manufactured roads to “their” paradise (Avalon). The paradise (Avalon) is within you. To get there you must create the meaning of your own existence inside yourself. Placing your life on someone’s predetermined path to a paradise they created won’t bring you solace. Only when you find this paradise within yourself are you free from the thought of dying without purpose. I could be wrong, but this is how I’ve interpreted the song. Love this jam. the production, the drums, the guitar solo, it all fuckin bumps!

    Thejesse4130on September 15, 2020   Link

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