From the recording A Minute Keeps Us Forever
Words and Music by Great Orphan Sea.
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Lyrics
I thought it was solid – it turned out to be a bust,
I thought it saved my life – it was too much of a fuss,
And I’m trying to keep this feeling down.
I thought it was clean – but I was dissing with a sus,
I thought it was cream – but I got a lip full of crust,
And I'm trying to spit this poison out.
All these things
All these things (I look around see all these things)
In the garden of earthly delight.
I thought it was heaven – it was a silvered purse,
I thought they were holy – but they were just a curse,
And I'm trying to reconcile my mind.
I thought it was love – it turned out to be lust,
I thought it was blood – it turned out to be rust,
And I'm trying to keep this demon down.
All these things
All these things (I look around see all these things)
In the garden of earthly delight.
I had ideas and dreams – they were only brain mush,
I thirsted for ice – in my mouth only slush,
And sadness intertwined my heart.
I had everything this rotten world could offer me,
I gave up so much that I thought I’d always bleed,
And then my mind started to realize.
All these things
All these things (I look around see all these things)
In the garden of earthly delight.

