Bob Earland - Prometheus lyrics

[Verse 1] I had to tell 'em, "get out, you bold colors!" You vile vipers, your brightness blinds The tightness climbs from my abdomen up to my throat But then it sinks back again, now we're rarely remote But apparently we're separate, that's why we're standing apart I got my hand on my heart and I'm watching sand turn to gla** I'm looking through time, looking past time 'Cause me, I ask time questions but the answers evade me That's why I'm evoking the storms that named me Stroking the thorns that made me red-thumbed Well, now the petals have fallen My head's numbed by the onslaught of autumn 'Cause me, I think things and then I wish I'd never thought 'em But I know that's hardly important 'Cause your fire melts my fabric and I felt your magic at night And I was led back to the light with my feet tied Dragged hesitant, see, I mistook reputation for relevance (And I) I mistook education for elegance (But now) but now I see it, everything is sediment Everything's stacked belly to back Like commuters on trains with computers for brains They get the money, pay their rent They buy the food with the change But me, I booze 'til the days become bruised But remain always true to the name I'm turning gravel to grain as I unravel that stragglers chain See, I walk through the rain with my heart full of flame Trying to make peace with my pain [Chorus] We don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us When stressed I look inside, unbound like Prometheus Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in Don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us When stressed I look inside, I'm unbound like Prometheus Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in [Verse 2] I drag it all out over hot coals, I rake up the restless soul I don't hold what can't be controlled But do the rest even know how we sit in cold silence Staring at ourselves with violence in our glare? Can you bear to discover your heart with no cover When it speaks straight and it speaks true? I creep through the foggy stale air of a bedroom at dusk I'm seeking out someone or something I can trust I don't know, I slouch slow, grip a drink in hand Lament building my sanctuary on sinking sand It ain't right, but what's morals? What's worth? What's worse? Hatred I feel, or the thirst I can't quench? Look, I drink deep, sink into pink sleep, dream a dream Live a lie and watch my life drifting by from a distance Talking to myself but never listening Despise the position I've been given, don't we all? Crippled by the bitter eye stares I encounter Pen ink leaks on another pair of jeans Facing myself in the shadows, I scream out the misery I hear only the rain hitting the pavement It's the damp dark basement of a squalor-filled romance I smell the d**h on my fingertips, clutch tight the literature Because my best friends are dead men I never met when they lived, I only know them through script I read avidly, thinking on a time when greed damaged me Thinking on how the weed savaged the capacities Of my mind to elucidate I'm wracked by this guilt, my middle name should be shame I walk through this rain with a heart full of flames Oh, I'm trying to make peace with this pain [Chorus] But look, we don't invite the signs though We can't choose the words they speak to us So next time you're stressed, you need to look inside And let yourself be unbound like Prometheus 'Cause that oracle within, it breathes out when we breathe in Although I know, first hand, full well The horror of the things we keep out will seep in Don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us When stressed I look inside, unbound like Prometheus Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in