The Fountain

Come down from the mountain, brother

Drink from the Fountain, wade in the water

Tell me, what’s that secret that you seek

Eyes wild and crazed with wonder

Overcome with thirst and hunger

Fell into a deepened slumber

Woke up in a technicolor dream

Oh holy night, see them stars shine

Bright like a river, flowing thick with milk and honey

Fooling my eyes, like a wolf in sheep’s hide

Playing tricks on my mind

With a wit so sly, quick, and cunning

Starting to lose control

Don’t tell me what I want to hear

Just tell me what I need to know

Out in the sunlight laughing

Ecstasy, paranoia, feel that fever coming over

I know I did it to myself

Slithering electric eels swimming underneath my skin

Speaking in tongues, feel the venom in my blood

Trying to run through the quicksand, sinking in

Somebody tell me what is real, can’t seem to make sense of it

Phantom form coming up through the floor

And I’m knocking on the door, will you let me in

Walking tightropes, on the razor’s edge below

Seeing through kaleidoscopes

Every shape and color, every strange sensation

Tantalized by each temptation

On the ceiling levitating, crying out

There’s no going back now

Shield your eyes

We set fire to paradise, light up the night

Sky, and watch the flames grow hotter

It’s all a lie, living life just for the good times

Changing tides, paddle out for deeper waters

Starting to lose control

Don’t tell me what I want to hear

Just tell me what I need to know

Out in the sunlight laughing

Ecstasy, paranoia, feel that fever coming over

Caught in the undertow

Free falling in slow motion

Nothing is real

Making deals at the wishing well

Wondering is this heaven, or have we found hell?

I know I did it to myself