Baba Brinkman - Lotus Eaters lyrics
Sitting on a beach With a guitar in my hand Moments on my mind Like footprints in the sand The rivalry that lives inside of me is so explosive One side drinks chai tea and knows yoga poses And keeps life peaceful and sleeps nights, buenas noches The other side smokes roaches, take d** and overdoses With his eyes open wide high-speed on roller coasters Yo I chose this life I lead, at least most of it But sometimes I need to go with the flow a bit I know this little island in the sea where the lotuses Grow; in the Odyssey, Ulysses noticed it In Homer's myth it's known as the home of the Lotus Eaters I go to sip ambrosia; each drop on my throat is sweeter And I'm a devoted seeker of the ultimate high Music to blow the speakers, tequila, salt and lime It's like I go to sleep thirsty and wired all the time So I'm slow to speak words to describe how sublime The flowers you find in this place taste If you believe in religion imagine heaven as a state Of complete hedonism, imagine freedom in prison Where there isn't even a difference between dreamin' and livin' I feel like a demon driven to this heathen existence That I've seen in a vision like a gleam in the distance Though I admit feeling a bit of a sneaking suspicion That I've seen it retreating when I've been within inches Sitting on a beach With a guitar in my hand Moments on my mind Like footprints in the sand Last night I saw fish in the sky I saw stars in the sand My oh my oh my My pain isn't there, except in the past tense My brain is aware of nothing but distractions That's why I came here, hash and absinthe Dreams and carefree bohemian pa**ions A stranger's hair smells like frankincense I strain my ears towards a Rastaman's Music I can't quite hear; that's when I sense A change in the air, perhaps an accident Reacting to veins impaired by pathogens Breathing, I reappraise where my path has been Leading; my bloodstream needs a drastic spring Cleaning, and I react with abstinence I have to cleanse myself and take my life back again This is what happens when people like me get tethered To the hedonist life, and keep squeezing pleasure From the heat of the night; it's like we can never Believe the feeling is right, so eventually we sever The leash and take flight; for me it's an effort But I need to be delivered, and keep eating better And keep seeking the treasure found in deep reading matter I can't even measure how long I've been inside relaxed Gradually digesting in Venus Fly Traps But I can see the sky now; I've got my drive back These things in life that I can't explain Intoxication it bleeds my brain It ease my pain It feeds my flame It heeds my veins It cleaves my frame But I need my strength Sitting on a beach I feel like I'm a beast on this beach all I want is peace With a guitar in my hands As I stand inanimate a minute in this distant land Moments on my mind With one open eyelid left behind on this blind island Like footprints in the sand My inner dilemma's been expanding as long as I've been in this trance Last Night I had to sacrifice the afterlife to feed my appetite I saw fish in the sky I listened to my heartbeat and start to weep wishing to die I saw stars in the Sand But instead of letting hardships win I make departure plans My oh my oh my I think I'm ready to fly