Don’t go searching for too awful much meaning
There ain’t no knowledge or truth, not the kind you are seeking
I mean, you can give it power if you want it to...
The zephyr, your wonder fills the atlas
Your nectar perception paints the canvas
The myths you’ve been bathing in
Bubble up and over again
Apotheosis spilt
It’s never quite what you expect
The same story told over and over and over again
It’s only just an outline
You’re making up all the rest
There was a vision that took up the depth of the whole sky
Father spent every night of his life wondering why
And he died with a bible clenched in his hands...
The zephyr, his wonder filled the atlas
His rational compassion tamed the madness
The myths he had grown up with
Made up the salt in the sea
Apotheosis sank
But he went swimming every day
The same story told over and over and over again
He took what he could hold
And he found a better way
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