As a young man I would ask the question
where is this heaven
reverend said it was like
a cloud in the sky
then I learned some science
science said a cloud is molecules
so does that make heaven a lie
and if so why sit in a church
in a position that hurts
listen to stories absurd
Nah, I was not having it
I'd rather go hang with the savages
my habitat, babylon's labyrinth
imagining I'm livin so lavish
established and smoking that cabbage
trying to get high
like that cloud in the sky
like this was my heaven
but I was pretending
afraid of the times ending
it was a quick sand hourglass
good times, go fast
in the past, I was attached
i thought I had, to make it last
so the, high's were high
and the lows were low
and the manic depression
would come and then go
I knew there was more, I chose to explore
so I hit the open road
with my broken toes
put the soles of my feet in the dirt
and walked with the salt of the earth
in all of my travels
i have observed
we all feel similar things
but use different words
the curse of this babel
makes fanatical's battle
over the intangible
but that cloud is not graspable
so science is factual, actual, literal
religion is ritual, mystical
and the myth is the map
to find where your at
upon your life path
so
where you stumble
there lies your treasure
you need the struggle
to enjoy true pleasure
I now have acceptance of both
more than science can measure
since the essence of heaven
is a poetic expression
word to the reverend, I've worked with the church
Now I know that cloud is my brain
I'm the big bang explosion
I walked out the ocean as that web footed mammal
I'm the camel, passin through
the eye of the needle
my purpose has service to people
I'm working the land
I'm a man
who holds eternity in a grain of sand
with the palm of my hand
and my truth is,
I'm a buddhist,
I chose to look within
my mind to find
the divine design
my face and spine
is like space and time
From time to time, I ride cloud nine
and this is my heaven
it's laughin with my lady
watching my baby
learn, how to crawl
the call from my mom
it's writing this song
givin my life to a cause
it's trying to do right
when easy to be wrong
it's the feeling incredible
of
eating the vegetable, I grew from the seed
being a lover of shade
not a hater of heat
mother nature connected
perspective complete
my spirit, alive in this
my lyrics, describing this
translated enlightenment
that cloud is a mirror
so heaven,
I hope
you can find it...
