just keep stretching the antenna hoping that it will come clear

The picture's far too big to look at, kid. Your eyes won't open wide enough.
And you're constantly surrounded by the swirling stream of what is and what was.
We all made our predictions but the truth still isn't out.
So if you wanna see the future go stare into a cloud.

And keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories.
It all sorta looks familiar, until you get up close and then it's different. Clearly.
But each time you turn a corner you're right back where you were.
And your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear.

Is it your fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak?
An avalanche of opinions like the ones that fell that I'm now underneath.
It was my voice that moved the first rock... and I would do it all again.
So I mean, it's cool if you keep quiet but I like singing.

So I'll be holding my note and stomping and strumming
... and feeling just so very lucky.
And there is nothing I know, except this lifetime's one moment
And wishing will just leave me empty.

So you can try and live in darkness, but you will never shake the light.
No, it will greet you every morning, it'll make you more aware of its absence at night
When you're wrapped up in your blankets, babe... that comfortable cocoon.
But I've seen the day of your awakening and it's coming soon.

So go ahead and lose yourself in liquor, and you can praise the clouded mind!
But it isn't what you're thinking, no, it's the course of history, your position in line.
You're just a piece of the puzzle, so... I think you'd better find your place.
And don't go blaming your knowledge on some fruit you ate.

'Cause there's been a great deal of discussion about the properties of Man.
Animal or angel? You're carved from bone but your heart is just sand and the wind is gonna scatter it.
And cover everything with love.
So if it makes you happy then keep kneeling, Mama, but I'm standing up.

Because this veil it has been lifted, yes.
My eyes are wet with clarity.
I've been a witness to such wonders, I've searched for them all across this country.
But I think I'll be returning now to the house where I was born.
And I understand you must keep moving, friend, but I'm headed home.

I'm gonna follow the road and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body.
I'll send you all this message in code...
Underground, over mountains, through forests and deserts and cities.
Across electric wires, it's a baited line.
The hook's in deep, boys, there's no more time.
So you can struggle in the water, be too stubborn to die, or you can just let go and be lifted to the sky.