Baba Brinkman - Lotus Eaters lyrics

Sitting on a beach with a guitar in my hand
Moments on my mind
Like footprints in the sand

The rivalry that lives inside of
Me is so explosive
One side drinks chai tea and knows yoga poses
And keeps life peaceful and sleeps nights
Buenas noches the other side smokes roaches
Take drugs and overdoses
With his eyes open wide
High-speed on roller coasters
Yo I chose this life I lead
At least most of it
But sometimes I need to go
With the flow a bit
I know this little island in
The sea where the lotuses
Grow in the Odyssey, Ulysses noticed it
In Homer's myth it's known as the
Home of the Lotus Eaters


I go to sip ambrosia each drop
On my throat is sweeter
And I'm a devoted seeker of the ultimate high
Music to blow the speakers, tequila
Salt and lime
It's like I go to sleep thirsty
And wired all the time
So I'm slow to speak words
To describe how sublime
The flowers you find in this place taste
If you believe in religion imagine
Heaven as a state of complete hedonism
Imagine freedom in prison
Where there isn't even a difference
Between dreamin' and livin'
I feel like a demon driven
To this heathen existence
That I've seen in a vision like
A gleam in the distance
Though I admit feeling a bit
Of a sneaking suspicion
That I've seen it retreating when
I've been within inches sitting on a beach
With a guitar in my hand moments on my mind
Like footprints in the sand last night
I saw fish in the sky
I saw stars in the sand my oh my oh my

My pain isn't there, except in the past tense
My brain is aware of nothing but distractions
That's why I came here, hash and absinthe
Dreams and carefree bohemian passions
A stranger's hair smells like frankincense
I strain my ears towards a Rastaman's
Music I can't quite hear that's when I sense
A change in the air, perhaps an accident
Reacting to veins impaired by pathogens
Breathing, I reappraise where my
Path has been
Leading my bloodstream needs a drastic spring
Cleaning, and I react with abstinence
I have to cleanse myself and
Take my life back again
This is what happens when people
Like me get tethered to the hedonist life
And keep squeezing pleasure
From the heat of the night
It's like we can never
Believe the feeling is right
So eventually we sever
The leash and take flight for
Me it's an effort
But, I need to be delivered
And keep eating better
And keep seeking the treasure found
In deep reading matter
I can't even measure how long
I've been inside relaxed
Gradually digesting in Venus Fly Traps
But, I can see the sky now
I've got my drive back
These things in life that I can't explain
Intoxication it bleeds my brain
It eases my pain it feeds my flame
It bleeds my veins it cleaves my frame
But, I need my strength

Sitting on a beach

I feel like I'm a beast on this
Beach all I want is peace

With a guitar in my hands

As I stand inanimate a minute
In this distant land

Moments on my mind

With one open eyelid left behind
On this blind island

Like footprints in the sand

My inner dilemma's been expanding as long
As I've been in this trance

Last Night i had to sacrifice the afterlife
To feed my appetite

I saw fish in the sky

I listened to my heartbeat and start
To weep wishing to die

I saw stars in the Sand

But instead of letting hardships win
I make departure plans

My oh my oh my

I think I'm ready to fly