10,000 Days (Wings, Part 2) Songtext

von Tool

Listen to the tales and romanticize
How we'd follow the path of the hero.
Boast about the day when the rivers overrun.
How we rise to the height of our halo.

Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations
None of us have actually been there.
Not like you.

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Ignorant siblings in the congregation
Gather around spewing sympathy
Spare me.
None of them can even hold a candle up to you.

Blinded by choice, these hypocrites won't see.
But, enough about the collective Judas.
Who could deny you were the one who

Illuminated your little piece of the divine?
And this little light of mine, a gift you passed on to me
I'm gonna let it shine to guide you safely on your way
Your way home ...
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Oh, what are they going to do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they going to do when the rivers overrun
Other than tremble incessantly?

High is the way, but all eyes are upon the ground.
You were the light and the way they'll only read about.
I only pray, Heaven knows when to lift you out.
Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough
You're going home.

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You're the only one who can hold your head up high

Shake your fists at the gates saying:
"I've come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!

Give me my, give me my wings!"
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You are the light and way that they will only read about.
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Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance
(with the) burden of proof tossed upon nonbelievers.
You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence
Judith Marie, unconditional one.
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Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion, but
Should you see your maker's face tonight
Look Him in the eye, look Him in the eye, and tell Him:
"I never lived a lie, never took a life, but surely saved one.
Hallelujah, it's time for you to bring me home."