MTV Unplugged No. 2. lyrics

Adam lives in theory
Trying to turn stone into bread
Masquerading like he got it figured out
Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head
Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt
Left to his devices, those worth the sacrifices
Praying to the alter of himself
Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious
Like he's got all the light, and no one else

He takes the unsuspected

I find it hard to say that everything is alright
Dont look at me that way like everything is alright
Cause my own eyes can see through all your false pretenses
But what you fail to see is all the consequences
You think our lives are cheap and easy to be wasted
As history repeats so foul you can taste it

And while the people sleep to comfortable to face it

I Get Out

I get out
I get out of all your boxes
Il get out, you can't hold me in these chains
I get out
Father free me from this bondage
Knowing my condition is the reason I must change
Your stinking resolution is no type of solution
Preventing me from freedom
Maintaining your pollution
I won't support your lie no more
I won't even try no more

I gotta find peace of mind... I gotta find peace of mind

He says it's impossible... But I know it's possible
He says it's impossible... But I know it's possible

He says there's no me without him... Please help me forget about him
He takes all my energy... Trapped in my memory
Constantly holding me... Constantly holding me

I need to tell you all... All the pain he's caused
Mmmmm

I remember
When you looked into my eyes
You saw
Right through me

And I could not hide
I was exposed
Just like a child

All of my heart
You hold in your hands
I'm yours to command
I'm yours to command

I feel so humbled
With you in my life (2x)

I remember
When I looked into your eyes
I saw
A reflection of my myself

And I could not lie
Out of control
Too weak
To deny

All of myself

Moving down the streams of my lifetime
Pools of fascination in my sleep
Cooling off the fire of my longing
Warming up my cold with in his heat
Melting down the walls of inhibition
Evaporating all of my fears
Baptizing me to complete submission
Desolving my condition with his tears

It's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years
It's just like the waters, the water

I just want you around,
I just want you around
I just want you around,
I just want you around

Thought that I had lost you
I could hardly make a sound
When I thought I couldnt hold you
Knew the world had let me down
Should have took the time and told you
You keep my feet on the ground
I hope that you can hear me
Cause I know its not profound

I just want you around,
I just need you around

[sing songy Chorus intro]
It's the mystery of Inequity...
Said it's the misery of Inequity...
Said it's the history of Inequity...
When it all...
All falls down...
Telling you all...
It all falls down

Children...
Eat your bread
Little children...
Eat your bread
Cuz it all...
All falls down...
Telling you all...
It all falls down

[First and only verse]
Yo!

Oh Jerusalem yeah, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem, oh Jerusalem...

Realizing that there's no place else to go
And there's nobody I know who can help me
Text book solutions are so improbable
Cuz everybody you know is just as empty
Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide
...behind education and philosophy
But it's a hopeless explanation to describe the situation

they've got so much things to say right now
they've got so much things to say
they've got so much things to say right now
they've got so much things to say

i'll never forget, no way
how they crucified Jesus Christ
i'll never forget, no way
how they sold marcus garvey for rice
i'll never forget, no way
how they turned their backs on paul bogle
so don't you forget, no way