Panacea For The Poison Lyrics - Survival Story - Flobots

In my mind, I hold the passion 

Panacea for the poison 

My bruised and battered body 

Washes up upon the shore sin 

Fleas 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 

Fleas 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 S.O.S'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 

Empire has 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 

Fleas 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 

Fleas from leaking wounds 

Like rats from sinking ships 

As I float off to forever 

With these words upon my lips