lyrics: nothing (less than anything)

“When I am only as I am

then I must have been only as I must have been

Now I could be only as I could be

if I could have been nothing less than anything”

 

Hey, stop with the nonsense

and talk straight

or just say nothing

you’ve made my head ache

 

…

 

You feel the aching

and that’s new

You say I did it

to you

Now, if you believe

in your own words

notice: isn’t that when

your head hurts?

 

So, when I was a child

I would sleep

and dream of finding gifts

under a tree

then when I awoke

the presents appeared

suddenly

as if they weren’t already here

 

So, you felt some aching

and that was new

and then you had some thoughts

about who did this to you.

But was the feeling already under the tree?

Some worship words, discard the gift and keep the wrapping

 

…

 

Question: “do storytellers always teach in parables?”

Answer: perhaps only when they’re speaking to the arrogant

 

 

Your confusion was not that you don’t know

it was that you knew things that just ain’t so

 

 

“When I am only as I am

then I must have been only as I must have been

Now I could be only as I could be

if I could have been nothing less than anything”

January 24, 2010