Animating animals and tree Gods
Scratching out legends in cave walls
The days pour down into nights as we watched
And we walked two abreast to receive the bound wheat
The young maids were brave, but they were made to lay flat
The old ways were too ingrained to make the reins snap
We gave our names back to the Saints
We sang out thanks and complaints
And our spells were plain facts
She laid down in the road where the people go by
And declared herself willing to try
But all I could see were the feet as they walked over me
That's when she told me, "I was holy elixir"
She said "I thought I knew the world, but it was only a picture"
She said "We’re all written in the holiest scripture
It's just we're living in this time that says no inhibitions
Get yours, keep going the distance, no limits
And don’t bother protesting because nobody listens
All your solutions dissolve under scrutiny
And you can't stand a note of derision
Instead seek approval to justify your existence
Have opinions but have no resolve or conviction
Breathe the fumes and indulge your addictions
Keep throwing your fists in slow repetition
Go ahead, take the road with the pilgrims
Head for the temples of democracy
Freedom, growth, reason, liberty, hope
But don't pay attention to what's hanging from the rope"
She said, "Decode the language
I'm told disciples got lost in the hillside
Following intellect, they let go of wisdom
And now they'll tell you the soul's a closed system
They sacrificed instinct to phony ambition
And now what they hold in their fist has become all that there is
But total existence needs meaning and myth
Many misjudged the way and got lost in the mist
Your loneliness is the symptom, not the sickness"
The moment her lips said "Peace"
She said, "We are born of collision
We are divisions of a bigger vision
And yet, we run around like hamsters
I was old and clothed in white garments
In a vast red desert where the rocks were dark blue and varnished
The light was cold, and clear, and fragmented
I saw a muscle of school girls performing
I saw the ticket woman massaging the small of her back
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Daniel De Mussenden Carey / Kate Tempest
Holy Elixir lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc