Jandek - Pieces Of Place lyrics

rate me

What is this battle I must fight every night?

What is this force eating up the air?

While the day takes me and whirls me about

Carries me on its shoulders

And drags me on the ground

Where's the ethereal enigma?

Bliss and starry night

Looking at me I only see

The ceiling floor walls and the drive

That keeps on through the doors and windows

How can we leave this place and still live on?

Come away, go hither

See the molecules

And the great big air all around

Step in the water and your foot goes through

Pick it up, and throw it around

Might as well, it's got you surrounded

I just keep walking through time

One foot after the other

Stepping on space

One thought after another

Made up of new things

And things I knew before

Or combinations of these

And I know the ages

Break a different shell

And the new comes forth from the old

And vice versa

And I love and I live

And I take and I give

But mainly

I just keep walking through time

Stepping on pieces of place

With my body and my mind

Oh God they say they know where they're going

I'm trying to be honest

And I know it all leads to attempted perfection

Am I falling short and knowing it?

Or on the only track and going long?

I wish I could say that I know more than I do