Waking Bliss

To do this in 2 minutes, Eternity in an hour Promised impossible of course as all the patients descibe it They could only say it isn't, it isn't, it isn't, it isn't! Trying to tell people what it is When of course I don't know any of our friends that have taken it that haven't said this one thing in common: Well! I never knew anything like that in the whole of my life And one or two people have said to me I've said it to myself That's what death is going to be like. And oh what fun it will be Well I mean that there are the colours, the beauty, the designs The beautiful waves, things appear People themselves There are people that I thought dull, appear fascinating, interesting, mysterious, wonderful But that's only the beginning Suddenly you notice that there aren't these seperations That we're not on the seperate islands shouting across to somebody else trying to hear what they are saying and misunderstanding You know, You used the word yourself: empathy These things flowing underneath We are parts of a single continent underneath the water And with that goes such delight; The sober certainty of Waking Bliss