Eyedea - Step by Step lyrics
[Eyedea - Step by Step lyrics]
(I got a little story I'm gonna tell y'all)
See it was September 1st, 1999
The day of my death
My back was on the cold concrete
As I took my last breath
I saw my body laying on the ground
As my soul hovered above me
Damn Eyedea, you was a good looking cat
But anyway
Another day at eighteen years of age
Step into heaven's gate anxious to see
What God got to say
Maybe he'll give me a gift
For always saying my prayers
But he might send me downstairs
For last year's love affair well, who cares
You know, right now it's all a mystery
I mean, I'll find out when I get there
Until then I can't let it get to me
I'm keeping my cool, besides, everybody dies
I'll just follow the white light like
The do in the movies
It seems like hours went by and I'm
Still traveling right towards the brightness
Now this ain't heaven or hell
This realm is lifeless
And I hate to say it but this
Wild goose chase had me bored
No directions, no clues
And no idea what I was in for
But then forward I kept floating
And then a quick flash the
Lights split directly in half
And created a forked path
Representing each side was an angel
"Now what's the task I have to untangle to
Meet the big man in charge?" I ask
And the one on the right of me says
"One of us always lies
And the other one always tells the truth
Ask the right one the right question
And he'll direct you to heaven
But, if you ask the wrong one son
Farewell you're going straight to"
Well, y'all get the picture
The one on my left told me
Not to listen to his fibs he said
"it ain't that complicated to find
Out where God lives"
He told me to follow his path
And tell God he said hi
Then the one on my right jumped in and
Told me not to believe his lies
And I'm like Jesus fucking Christ
I didn't care much for life
But, I've tried to stay alive forever
If I knew this is what death was like
I was never good at problem solving
Especially in emergencies
I get a tad bit nervous when
Concerned with burning for eternity
But anyways, I asked them which one lied
And they pointed at each other
And thinking I had it
I asked the name of my mother
One said he don't know
The other said he know but he can't tell me
Goddamn this is gonna be hard
So I asked like thirty questions
And I still wasn't sure
But being me I got pissed and gave
Those pricks a few good words
Frustrated with it all
I turned my back to the angels
And when I walked away to my surprise
I found myself in heaven ya know I'm saying
Kinda just turned around from
The whole situation
Rejecting everything that was going on
That's how I walked into heaven
I walked away, walked away
Walked straight into heaven
I walked away, walked away
Walked straight into heaven
See it was September 1st, 1999
The day of my death
My back was on the cold concrete
As I took my last breath
I saw my body laying on the ground
As my soul hovered above me
Damn Eyedea, you was a good looking cat
But anyway
Another day at eighteen years of age
Step into heaven's gate anxious to see
What God got to say
Maybe he'll give me a gift
For always saying my prayers
But he might send me downstairs
For last year's love affair well, who cares
You know, right now it's all a mystery
I mean, I'll find out when I get there
Until then I can't let it get to me
I'm keeping my cool, besides, everybody dies
I'll just follow the white light like
The do in the movies
It seems like hours went by and I'm
Still traveling right towards the brightness
Now this ain't heaven or hell
This realm is lifeless
And I hate to say it but this
Wild goose chase had me bored
No directions, no clues
And no idea what I was in for
But then forward I kept floating
And then a quick flash the
Lights split directly in half
And created a forked path
Representing each side was an angel
"Now what's the task I have to untangle to
Meet the big man in charge?" I ask
And the one on the right of me says
"One of us always lies
And the other one always tells the truth
Ask the right one the right question
And he'll direct you to heaven
But, if you ask the wrong one son
Farewell you're going straight to"
Well, y'all get the picture
The one on my left told me
Not to listen to his fibs he said
"it ain't that complicated to find
Out where God lives"
He told me to follow his path
And tell God he said hi
Then the one on my right jumped in and
Told me not to believe his lies
And I'm like Jesus fucking Christ
I didn't care much for life
But, I've tried to stay alive forever
If I knew this is what death was like
I was never good at problem solving
Especially in emergencies
I get a tad bit nervous when
Concerned with burning for eternity
But anyways, I asked them which one lied
And they pointed at each other
And thinking I had it
I asked the name of my mother
One said he don't know
The other said he know but he can't tell me
Goddamn this is gonna be hard
So I asked like thirty questions
And I still wasn't sure
But being me I got pissed and gave
Those pricks a few good words
Frustrated with it all
I turned my back to the angels
And when I walked away to my surprise
I found myself in heaven ya know I'm saying
Kinda just turned around from
The whole situation
Rejecting everything that was going on
That's how I walked into heaven
I walked away, walked away
Walked straight into heaven
I walked away, walked away
Walked straight into heaven