Prometheus Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I had to tell 'em, "get out, you bold colors!"
You vile vipers, your brightness blinds
The tightness climbs from my abdomen up to my throat
But then it sinks back again, now we're rarely remote
But apparently we're separate, that's why we're standing apart
I got my hand on my heart and I'm watching sand turn to glass
I'm looking through time, looking past time
'Cause me, I ask time questions but the answers evade me
That's why I'm evoking the storms that named me
Stroking the thorns that made me red-thumbed
Well, now the petals have fallen
My head's numbed by the onslaught of autumn
'Cause me, I think things and then I wish I'd never thought 'em
But I know that's hardly important
'Cause your fire melts my fabric and I felt your magic at night
And I was led back to the light with my feet tied
Dragged hesitant, see, I mistook reputation for relevance
(And I) I mistook education for elegance
(But now) but now I see it, everything is sediment
Everything's stacked belly to back
Like commuters on trains with computers for brains
They get the money, pay their rent
They buy the food with the change
But me, I booze 'til the days become bruised
But remain always true to the name
I'm turning gravel to grain as I unravel that stragglers chain
See, I walk through the rain with my heart full of flame
Trying to make peace with my pain

[Chorus]
We don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us
When stressed I look inside, unbound like Prometheus
Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in
But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in
Don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us
When stressed I look inside, I'm unbound like Prometheus
Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in
But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in

[Verse 2]
I drag it all out over hot coals, I rake up the restless soul
I don't hold what can't be controlled
But do the rest even know how we sit in cold silence Staring at ourselves with violence in our glare?
Can you bear to discover your heart with no cover
When it speaks straight and it speaks true?
I creep through the foggy stale air of a bedroom at dusk
I'm seeking out someone or something I can trust
I don't know, I slouch slow, grip a drink in hand
Lament building my sanctuary on sinking sand
It ain't right, but what's morals? What's worth?
What's worse? Hatred I feel, or the thirst I can't quench?
Look, I drink deep, sink into pink sleep, dream a dream
Live a lie and watch my life drifting by from a distance
Talking to myself but never listening
Despise the position I've been given, don't we all?
Crippled by the bitter eye stares I encounter
Pen ink leaks on another pair of jeans
Facing myself in the shadows, I scream out the misery
I hear only the rain hitting the pavement
It's the damp dark basement of a squalor-filled romance
I smell the death on my fingertips, clutch tight the literature
Because my best friends are dead men
I never met when they lived, I only know them through script
I read avidly, thinking on a time when greed damaged me
Thinking on how the weed savaged the capacities
Of my mind to elucidate
I'm wracked by this guilt, my middle name should be shame
I walk through this rain with a heart full of flames
Oh, I'm trying to make peace with this pain

[Chorus]
But look, we don't invite the signs though
We can't choose the words they speak to us
So next time you're stressed, you need to look inside
And let yourself be unbound like Prometheus
'Cause that oracle within, it breathes out when we breathe in
Although I know, first hand, full well
The horror of the things we keep out will seep in

Don't invite the signs, can't choose the words they speak to us
When stressed I look inside, unbound like Prometheus
Oracle within, breathes out when I breathe in
But the horror of the things I keep out, they seep in

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