Opening Band

Well I took on earthly pleasures
Until they stayed and staked their claim
Now I got a couple demons
That know me by my first name

They find me on the back roads
And they sing the sweetest songs
And they tell me I can forget
Oh, if I just hum along

But lately when they call me
And they try to tempt my hand
I say I'm busy, with the opening band

Just beyond what we call vision
Lies a world unforeseen
And though I can not touch it
I hear it whispered in my dreams

Dreams that plant the answers
Buried in the sand
So I keep playin', In the opening band

I used to worry
Now I understand
We're all just playin, in the opening band

The day I ate the apple
We'll it brought me to my knees
Cause I saw in the foundation
Truth was splittin' at the seams

And some days now you'll find me
With my ear upon the ground
Waitin' for that Pale Horse
To come back and run me down

When the hour is upon me
And it's time to make my stand
I will be playin', in the opening band

I like the way she dances
When she's there on her own time
Twistin' like a white sheet
Hung out on the firing line

And I hear her every movement callin'
"Lay your burden down"
So I gather up my courage
And I revel in the sound

Of a choir of angels singin'
"There shall be no change of plans,
You just keep playin', in the opening band"

I used to worry
Now I understand
We're all just playin', in the opening band
We're all just playin', in the opening band