Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down lyrics

rate me

I've seen Jesus play with flames in a lake of fire that I was standing in

Met the devil in Seattle and spent 9 months inside the lion’s den

Met Buddha yet another time and he showed me a glowing light within

But I swear that God is there every time I glare in the eyes of my best friend

Says my son it's all been done and someday they’re gonna wake up old and gray

So go and try to have some fun showing warmth to everyone

You meet and greet and cheat along the way

There's a gateway in my mind that leads somewhere out there beyond this place

Where reptile aliens made of light cut you open and pull out all your pain

Tell me how you make illegal something that we all make in our brain

Some say you might go crazy but then again it might make you go sane

Every time I take a look inside inside that old and fabled book

I'm blinded and reminded of the pain caused by some old man in the sky

Marijuana, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT they all changed the way I see

But love's the only thing that ever saved my life

So don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes

Or fairy tales of blood and wine

It's turtles all the way down the line

So to each their own ‘til we go home

To other realms our souls must roam

To and through the myth that we all call space and time