Outside Inside

Got cool wide enough to swallow the world
Oozin' true style from every pore
Sweat so much cool I'm always wet
But then what you see ain't always what you get

Cause I've fallen you think you've got me beat
But I'm like a cat baby I always land on my feet
Take more than you to knock me out
Got a thousand more faces to tryout

[Chorus]
Flyin' 10 miles high on a desert plane
Things I've seen things I've been
Blind thing tappin' with a candy cane
Always reachin' for that piece of sky
Hands that grasp hands that clasp
Only to find that touch don't lie
See a mirror see infinity tryin' to find my stay
Be myself be someone else tryin' to find my stay
Slippin' in and out again tryin' to find my stay
Be myself be someone else tryin' to find my stay

By my presence all kinds of fools are blessed
'Cause lookin' at me I'm sharper than death
But foolin' you ain't foolin' me
And what I am ain't what I feel

Who do you see when you're lookin' at me
I'm an iron man a man of steel
They say the key to hep is sealin' your head
Chill out be cool be stone cold dead

[Chorus]
Seein' the world through a thousand eyes
A different day a different way
A different face with sight that lies
Always reachin' for that piece of sky
Hands that grasp hands that clasp
Only to find that touch don't lie
See a mirror see infinity tryin' to find my stay

Be myself be someone else tryin' to find my stay
Slippin' in and out again tryin' to find my stay
Be myself be someone else tryin' to find my stay

 

Walls

My world four walls
And light never can come in
My eyes see all
Since space is all there is
I feel I know
With pain seepin' through the gap
The hurt it grows
As the walls move to the core

[Chorus]
I've seen the light and closed my eyes
I've built the walls back up again
From a confused heart and broken ties
They're finished now and closing in

So close the line
My mind is tellin' me look back
The edge so fine
I'm starin' through the crack
I lift the cross
To bring it up the hill
Can't mourn its loss
As I tear it down again

[Chorus]

Don't touch don't feel
Is the message that I preach
Shut down turn heel
Before you run into the wall
No pain no tears
Is the room in which I lie
The whole no fears
That black is not so dark

([Chorus]

 

Rich Tear Jerker

Somewhere deep inside me a moth has spread its wings
It doesn't fly too well' cause its only food is dreams
And it'll keep on falling 'til its heart is ash
In my head's a presence -a worm that feeds on pain
It's fattening itself while I am growing thin
It doesn't know that when I die its killing days are through

If I had wings I would flyaway from here
When I have wings nothing will keep me here

[Chorus]
My love is a puppet that's cutting its strings
It's killing itself where it thinks it'll be free
I'd much rather die alone than live with this thing
So I'll cut out my love and grow golden wings

I feel therefore I grow mouths the cancer of my soul
My mouth is always open -a fire down the hole
And my life is an anti-life to those I call my own
I'm sick of the pain and I'm numb from the flame
I'm not solid enough for this losing game
So I think that I'll quit while I'm still part insane

If I had wings I would flyaway from here
When I have wings nothing can keep me here

[Chorus]



Dave's Song

I'm standing at the crossroads
my back turned to all sides
My eyes can look at nothing
I must turn my sight inside
For there I'll find the answer to the question never asked
Without my ever moving I'm changing way too fast

[Chorus]
Something's after everybody
mine's just hard to track
I've got to keep a slower step
let the monkey fit my back
Walkin' through the fog there're eyes between its lines
Reaching out to touch them I wonder if they're mine

I leave my skins behind me
like a snake I shed my selves
But peerin' through the darkness lies my center on the shelves
The light is shining through me
each hole for what I lack
I'm open to suggestion
I'm laid bare to attack

[Chorus]

On shaky ground I'm standing in an ever changing sea
I'm grabbin' at the flotsam hoping I'll find me
So shine me through a prism
pick the color you like best
But if one doesn't suit you
don't sweat just take the rest

[Chorus]

 


All lyrics copyright 1985 by Magnolia Thunderpussy