Acid Test

That is to say, you can look at something with a microscope and see it a certain way
You can look at it with the naked eye and see it in a certain way
You can look at it with a telescope and you see it in another way
Now, which level of magnification is the correct one?
Well, obviously, they're all correct
They're just different points of view
You can, for example, look at a newspaper photograph under a magnifying glass
And where with the naked eye you will see a human face

When I try to make a point, I miss the point, so what's the point
So annoyed by all the world, I can't escape, so I avoid
Want to fall into the void, calling out into the blackness
Want to cancel out the noise, pulling back my power
Cutting through the ties, tried to take my time
Found that nothing's lasting, always dying, all divine
Waking from the crash, I came to find we never die until it's time
Let it be, I'll watch the scene and let it pass until I'm pulled out by the tide
Into the sea, enjoy the ride
Tossed upon the waves of life it's taking all my energy to keep my head where I can breathe
Keep the air inside my lungs, keep on moving through the mire
Keep the light inside my heart, watch the fire start to fade
Sick of hiding in the shade, need a flame to set a spark
Ignite my path throughout the dark, lead me safe along the way
Sick of hiding in the shade, need a flame to set a spark
Ignite my path throughout the dark, lead me safe along the way

With a magnifying glass, you'll just see a profusion of dots, rather meaninglessly scattered
But as you stand away from that connection of dots
Which all seem to be separate and apart from each other
They suddenly arrange themselves into a pattern
And you see that these individual dots add up to some kind of sense
Now you'll see at once, from this illustration
That maybe you may add up to some kind of sense
That is not apparent to you in your ordinary consciousness

When I try to make a point, I miss the point, so what's the point
So annoyed by all the world, I can't escape, so I avoid
Want to fall into the void, calling out into the blackness
Want to cancel out the noise, pulling back my power
Cutting through the ties, tried to take my time
Found that nothing's lasting, always dying, all divine
Waking from the crash, I came to find we never die until it's time
Let it be, I'll watch the scene and let it pass until I'm pulled out by the tide
Into the sea, enjoy the ride
Tossed upon the waves of life it's taking all my energy to keep my head where I can breathe
Keep the air inside my lungs, keep on moving through the mire
Keep the light inside my heart, watch the fire start to fade
Sick of hiding in the shade, need a flame to set a spark
Ignite my path throughout the dark, lead me safe along the way
Sick of hiding in the shade, need a flame to set a spark
Ignite my path throughout the dark, lead me safe along the way

When we examine our bloodstreams under a microscope
We see there's one hell of a fight going on
All sorts of microorganisms are chewing each other up
And if we got overly fascinated with our view of our own bloodstreams
In the microscope, we should start taking sides
Which would be fatal, because the health of our organism
Depends on the continuance of this battle
What is, in other words, conflict at one level of magnification
Is harmony at a higher level