Into The Unknown lyrics

hey did you find the pieces your mentor left behind?and did you care, did you trade his genius for your dispair?did you walk the line?did you see the mongrels on either side?did greasy finers grasp for pieces of your mind?

the systems of life hum accordingly
every day, every year, every century
but, everywhere humans go things get worse and worse
can you tell through the smoke of the dirty city?
the jungle was once a tranquil hideaway
for the king of trees and the mountains themselves
but man those things sell a million dollars a pound
cut them up, dry them out, good display for the shelves

when you're sitting alone, frown and groan
over your bad day
when you're laughing with peers
forget your years, then be on your way
but don't forget, all the while
that you've crossed the social mile
and a million days is worth one good laugh
but don't forget, all the while
that you've crossed the social mile
and a million days is worth one good laugh.

so...
you've given it all you can
and your life is in the garbage can
and you say you're tired and dry
cuz your mind won't let you cry
so you hang up what is left inside
and you want to kiss it all goodbye

you're lost in space, you're swirling ever higher
you're lost on your own, you're too far from home
you're no one's friend, you gave it your best try yeah!

you never know that feeling till you try
that healing feeling can turn you all about
and you can see the second wave of life
that losers triangle sets you down and out
don't misread
don't mislead
you could be your only friend
but when the hammer comes down
and you don't hear a sound
you can look all around and see...
that it's only over when you give up!

a crack developed and a name blew in
billy gnosis, weak and thin
he moved to california to start a new life
because back in his hometown he just killed his wife

oh billy can't remember his name
billy gnosis was going insane
and soaked in blue light he played and played
i can still hear the sound he made...

billy burned his phone and blew up his car
he sat and watched tv and played the guitar

there was a man who banged his head against a wall
he banged for 20 years, the damn thing wouldn't fall
he left an honest life
he left a broken wife
he left it all behind, just to see what he could find

millions and millions chase the wild goose tonight
to conquer loneliness they'll chase it all their lives
and when they find it they can just lay down and die

Part One
from the bird and the deer who live on the same
to the condominiums that litter the plain
it took time... time and disregard
from the green and the trees that shot high in the air
to the high-business market-men who take all that's there
it took time... time and disregard

Part Two
one more acre, another tree
it's all untamed, of course it's free
one more acre, it seems no one cares