Flobots - Panacea for the Poison lyrics

In my mind, I hold the passion
Panacea for the poison
My bruised and battered body washes
Up upon the shore
Sin flees from leaking wounds like
Rats from sinking ships
As I float off to forever with
These words upon my lips

No, I never asked for nothing
And that's just what I got
As my pride dies before I do, as I fall
I'm also caught i wasted many days chasing
Brightly gleaming streams
As I fold into your presence do
I now know what it means

We could get old and talk at the
Same time when we tell stories if we let go
Impossible names rhyme in elegant poetry
But, I dabbled in everything it


Inundates my small town
I refuse the offers extended
Waiting for God now

I've never asked for nothing audible
So when the walls fall down
And spin like waterwheels
I'll pray for something logical
So when we all drown
I can cover bald spots with yarmulkes
Drawn from extra-dimensional sources like
In comic books

Choose your own adventure I'm obsessing
Like a drug fiend
Fantasies of actors clandestinely having
Sex in love scenes
But why not amateurs openly sharing
Joy in sex scenes?
Stand clear while I soak in this
Treasure trove of a wet dream

I can't tell what my problem is
Or even if there is one
Sail the celibacies much
Sooner than commitment
Escaping minor shake-ups but keep bracing
For the big one
To make the choices obvious and
Save us from decisions

In my mind, I hold the passion
Panacea for the poison
My bruised and battered body washes
Up upon the shore
Sin flees from leaking wounds like
Rats from sinking ships
As I float off to forever with
These words upon my lips

No, I never asked for nothing
And that's just what I got
As my pride dies before I do, as I fall
I'm also caught i wasted many days chasing
Brightly gleaming streams
As I fold into your presence do
I now know what it means

I juggled whimsy in a fire fight with
The inner light of fire flies
Watched dusk go indigo and blush
Into a silent night
Birthed immaculate concepts from
A pregnant pause
In the august of my righteousness
Just waiting for the fall

The greater and the small
All for one and one for all
For all the SOS'ing, we will rise to the call
I've bitten the hand that feeds
And found myself bleeding
Hereby, I'll only need what I need

But need'll get me out of my groove
So I move to different tunes
Sunning in the warm weather by
The light of distant moons
Thirst statement inundation bring the monsoon
Seasoned with the spectacle of
People finding tools

Appetite has grown fools empires
Have sown rules
Let's throw out the cravings and
Things with no use
People dropping jewels gems can't
Shine like our light
To err is human, so the sky is our birthright

In my mind, I hold the passion
Panacea for the poison
My bruised and battered body washes
Up upon the shore
Sin flees from leaking wounds like
Rats from sinking ships
As I float off to forever with
These words upon my lips

No, I never asked for nothing
And that's just what I got
As my pride dies before I do, as I fall
I'm also caught i wasted many days chasing
Brightly gleaming streams
As I fold into your presence do
I now know what it means

In my mind, I hold the passion
Panacea for the poison
My bruised and battered body washes
Up upon the shore
Sin flees from leaking wounds like
Rats from sinking ships
As I float off to forever with
These words upon my lips

No, I never asked for nothing
And that's just what I got
As my pride dies before I do, as I fall
I'm also caught i wasted many days chasing
Brightly gleaming streams
As I fold into your presence do
I now know what it means