Tell Me A Tale

I had a dream last night

The tragically hip sang me one last song

He said, “Let’s have another cold one and tell a tale

Pour me another cold one and tell me a tale.”

 

So I took him on a journey like a blind man making love to brail

I told him a story that lasted years and asked for another piece of bread because mine went much too stale

I asked what’s the point to love

if you don’t have a body to play with?

What’s the point of waiting

when all you want to do is quit?

What’s the point of anything

when the world is crashing down on you like a giant monolith?

 

He said, “Sometimes you can’t tell the difference between reality or myth

and that’s when you really have to sit

and stop focusing on everything

go to the place where your intuition lives

 

“I’m not going to tell you the answer

I might not even tell you anything

Speak no words, listen to how the silence rings

and pay no mind to Agent Smith

He might be tricking you to help you succeed

We don’t really want to see you fail

Whether or not you decide to capture the moment is up to you

but you can harpoon the truth with precision

when your confusion is as large as a whale

 

Listen to that gut feeling stirring inside of you

the feeling that calls you to dance and sing

I know I said I wasn’t going to say too much

but I will tell you one last little thing:

You’re not going to get anywhere from this moment onwards

unless you let loose your soul, come on, let loose that thing!
I want to hear your wings

as you fly victoriously up into the heavens, I want to watch you rise

I want to feel your sting

Punch me so good, make me feel alive, maybe you can put me in a sling

I’m just saying that to encourage you to say goodbye to winter and usher in the spring

 

What’s the difference between love and greed?

What’s the difference between lust and need?

Can you really truly tell what it is you need?

Do you really want to know all those dreams I’ve sown with my seed?

 

Well I’ve been sitting here all along, waiting and watching your every move

I can hear you plead

I saw every moment you lived, laughed, and fell down hard

I am still there every time you bleed

I’m not trying to be an asshole, but you had to learn this shit yourself

because none of us could do it for you

you had to struggle in order to succeed

 

Did you miss the departure when the Mothership set sail

or are you still waiting

for something to save you

from this hell?

 

By the way you’re looking at me, with eyes full of passion and detail

I’d say you were a man fresh out of jail

and somebody’s bound to be derailed….

You know the world’s just as antsy as you, to be freed from its chains

You know you could set the world free from its growing pains

You just want to move past it, you’re a horse on the move, trying to beat all the snails

You best be prepared to slow down and release it all

because you can’t carry that load past the finish line

Hey buddy I warned you, this is coming in on a gigantic scale

We’re all in for it now, we’ve all heard the call

We’re all waiting for you to get a move on

We’re right here with you, we’re all in it for the long haul.”

 

I sat back in my chair and nodded, taking it all in as the world around me changed

and all I could think of to say to that was, “Man, isn’t it weird how everything is just so strange?”

He looked at me with a weird look in his eyes and said, “you don’t know the half of it, you can’t even see past the closest range.”

And I couldn’t help but notice the look Agent Smith and he exchanged

Sometimes when they look at me, they’re sworn to secrecy, that much I can tell

Sometimes their eyes give way to sorcery, so I gave them my soul to sell

Sometimes their eyes direct me to follow all these unmarked trails

 

Sometimes their eyes wake up something inside of me

It’s beginning to lift the veil

 

So I look past the solidified dreams

I look past their eye beams

 

When I open my real eyes

I can finally see through their lies

That’s when I realize

For once in my life I’m feeling genuine

All these people are walking around so blind

They think I’m crazy but I’m finally seeing things right

 

The illusion is fear and negativity and the truth is love and light

I’ve been trying to ascend back up every time I lose sight

The illusion is fear and negativity and the truth is love and light

So I am trying to ascend back up every time I lose sight

 

The higher I fly

the steeper the fall

The deeper I love

the longer the brawl

In these polarities I’ve been battling my mind

I guess there’s only one right road and I’m not choosing the one that goes down there

I’m excited, I’m not scared

It makes no sense around here so I’m trying to see things from above

It makes no sense to focus on fear when there’s so much love

It makes no sense around here, so I’m rising above

It makes no sense to focus on fear when you can focus on love

 

If you don’t want me

if you don’t want me, then you have to let me go

so i can at least unbury myself from your cold snow

 

i committed my whole life to you a long time ago

so if you don’t want to love me anymore, please just say so

 

i will sadly walk away, and my heart will die like a wilted rose

and you can fly away like a fleeting crow

 

but i will always hear your words every time the wind blows

i will always remember how you said you would never let me go

 

please don’t leave me hanging, please let me know

i guess I’ll never get to die with you as my Romeo

 

instead i’ll die alone, you’ll never save me from this tornado

you’re running so fast when I’m crawling after you so slow

 

but i will always love you, i will always pray and hope

that we will be lovers again with our faces so aglow

 

i will never love anyone else, i can never let you go

i will spend the remainder of my life alone

 

i will spend the rest of my time existing in your shadow

hoping one day you’ll come back to me, and you’ll bring back the rainbow

 

i really thought our love would grow

but I guess i was wrong, we’re already saying our goodbyes before we got to say hello

 

i’ll try to go with the flow, but i will forever feel so low

because without love, how can a soul grow

 

i’m not really looking forward to tomorrow

without you by my side, the sun has lost its glow