Tell Me What You See

She took my hand, and then she said to me
"There are things underneath, that you have never seen"
So I closed my eyes and we started to fly
And everything froze when she stopped time
And when the lights stopped shining I could see so clear
It looked like forever, but it was oh so near
And I saw through the lies that were stuck to time
And for the first time, it all felt like mine

"Look around, and tell me what you see
Behind the halls of shining groceries"
A man in a screen hooked up to his machine
A world put to sleep in a sullen fantasy
Bugs on the glass patient for the crack
Lions waiting in the pavement for the sheep

My clothes fell off and my hair blew free
I felt just like a child, naked and carefree
And we took my mask off finally
So we could see the original face underneath
This is home to me, this memory
But when my heart stopped beating, I knew it was real
After the blood stopped dripping and I let it in
Could one life be over, and the next begin
"Look around, and tell me what you see
With the new eyes that I gave to thee"
The great boat in the sky cracked on a frozen dream
Bodies piled, disposed like batteries
Come rats, scurrying, filling up the decks
The dogs of doubt are breathing down their necks
"Look around, tell me who you see
Up there where the blue lights never cease"
A dull man staring into space
Dollar signs burned onto his face
Another man with a golden key
To wake the man and then put him back to sleep

"Look around, tell me what you see
In boredom came such barbarity
I saw things that I thought could never be
Look around, tell me what you see"