《The Comet， the course， the tail (Live)》歌词

[00:07:39] They say we are endowed with Free Will

[00:07:39] --at least that justifies our need for indecision.

[00:07:39] But between our insticts and the lust to kill

[00:07:39] We bow our heads in submission.

[00:07:39] They say that no man is an island

[00:07:39] But then they say our castles are our homes;

[00:07:39] It's felt the choice is ours, between peace and violence

[00:07:39] ...oh, yes, we choose, alone?

[00:07:39] While the comet spreads its tail across the sky

[00:07:39] It nowhere near defines the course it flies,

[00:07:39] Nor does it find its own direction.

[00:07:39] Though the path of the comet be sure,

[00:07:39] Its constitution is not,

[00:07:39] So its meaning is possibly more

[00:07:39] Than the tracing of a tail

[00:07:39] In one brief shot at glory.

[00:07:39] Love and peace and individuality--

[00:07:39] So order and society are man-made?

[00:07:39] War and hate and dark depravity--

[00:07:39] Or are we slaves?

[00:07:39] Channeling aggressive energies,

[00:07:39] The death wish and the will to survive

[00:07:39] Into finding and preserving enemies--

[00:07:39] Is that the only way we know that we're alive?

[00:07:39] In the slaughterhouse all corpses smell the same,

[00:07:39] Whether queens or pawns or innocents at the game;

[00:07:39] In the cemetery a uniform cloaks the graves

[00:07:39] Except for outward pomp and circumstance.

[00:07:39] There is a time set in the calendar

[00:07:39] When all reason seems barely enough

[00:07:39] To sustain all the shooting stars:

[00:07:39] Times are rough.

[00:07:39] I'm waiting for something to happen here,

[00:07:39] It feels as though it's long overdue:

[00:07:39] Maybe a restatement of yesteryear

[00:07:39] Or something entirely new.

[00:07:39] And the knowledge that we gain in part

[00:07:39] Always leads us closer to the very start,

[00:07:39] And to the founding questions:

[00:07:39] How can I tell that the road signed to hell

[00:07:39] Doesn't lead up to heaven?

[00:07:39] What can I say when, in some obscure way,

[00:07:39] I am my own direction?

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