On This I Stand-Eyedea/Abilities

[ti:On This I Stand] [ar:Eyedea & Abilities] [al:First Born] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]On This I Stand - Eyedea/Abilities [00:20.22]On this I stand [00:21.87]Two sets of footprints placed [00:23.33]Ahead of the dirt softened [00:24.52]From tear drops [00:25.99]And overlooking the earth [00:27.07]As the son of the moon [00:28.51]Protected by a forcefield [00:29.70]Of pure thought [00:30.37]On this I stand [00:31.93]A rally of unemployed disgrunt of [00:33.62]Words on for long [00:34.80]Journeys to somewhere [00:36.28]Somewhere that only causes me pain [00:38.08]As I strain my soul [00:39.13]Crammin into rightness [00:40.16]So I can bring some there [00:41.52]I bleed the blood of a cold stone [00:43.21]That rolls without a shadow [00:44.49]I'm only deep enough to realize [00:46.13]That I'm shallow [00:46.70]My head I keep it up [00:48.51]But its hard to keep it straight [00:49.70]When you don't believe in love [00:50.78]And you just can't cope with hate [00:52.29]Metal rust leaves turn into dust [00:54.25]As the difference between love [00:55.82]And lust clarifies as trust [00:57.23]If you only had an hour [00:58.76]To sum your whole life up [00:59.93]Would you spend that hour sayin [01:01.32]That an hour ain't enough [01:02.45]I've mistaken the shield [01:03.47]That bound me a cowardess [01:04.93]Now I'm faithful to the wind [01:06.72]But compared to it I'm powerless [01:08.02]The first step was made [01:09.11]And it was a fair accomplishment [01:10.53]The pond was sittin still [01:11.69]So I threw a rock in it [01:13.20]And as my reflection rippled [01:14.30]It all became clear [01:15.38]The seasons always change [01:16.65]So there's no reason for fear [01:18.18]We made an autobiography [01:19.44]Of our pivotal years [01:20.64]It's all I got and [01:21.74]I'm giving it you [01:22.80]Because I care [01:23.59]A lot of the time humans [01:25.14]Are hard to stay susistent [01:26.48]Self-projecting state of falsehood [01:28.38]Were either too close to our image [01:30.46]To stay objective in our conception [01:32.20]Or too far away to be [01:33.44]Subjective in any matter [01:34.84]This only widens our void [01:36.10]In social conformity [01:36.81]Introduced to our souls [01:38.64]At birth and so I write [01:41.03] [01:43.39]I don't write without [01:44.45]The intention of objectivity [01:45.92] [01:46.47]Or attention in the image [01:47.93]But only as an unright directional bridge [01:49.85]Between the several [01:50.51]Flowing tunes scripture [01:51.44]Reality is present in countless space and time [01:54.63] [01:55.20]See I don't write for the future [01:57.09]I write about the future [01:58.44]For the present [01:59.75]I write with my past [02:01.34]About the future [02:02.16] [02:02.82]For the present [02:03.51] [02:04.24]On this I stand [02:05.61]The oasis of the limbo [02:06.95]Adjacent to my generation [02:08.22]Facing out the window [02:09.72]Waiting for some ventilation [02:10.97]Patient while the wind blows [02:12.21]Faceful in its demonstration [02:13.87]Overall innovation [02:15.47]On this I stand [02:16.48]A fountain of youth sovereignty [02:18.10]Found in syllables more than [02:19.56]A pound of flesh [02:20.62]Deep breath of achievement [02:21.72]A dream and a wake up call [02:23.52]Another haul of the quest [02:25.03]On this I stand [02:26.53]Another loved civilization [02:27.71]On this I stand [02:29.15]The purity of creation [02:30.25]On this I stand [02:31.69]A paradigm for self [02:33.01]On this I stand [02:34.38]I thank you for your help [02:35.67]On this I stand [02:36.95]My first born child [02:38.20]On this I stand [02:39.19] [02:39.74]Something for now [02:40.80]On this I stand [02:42.13]Life love death and hate [02:43.79]On this I stand [02:44.57]And helmwood [02:45.15]Glad you could relate [02:46.44] [02:47.22]Peace