Jefferson Bible Lyrics

Well I’ve been working like hell to remember a truth

Like some star I could fix in the sky

Like a magnetic pole, it would pull me and I would know right

And I've been racking my brain to remember the words

Like some spell I could say and be whole

It was the simplest sound of a word written down in a book

But if the essence of fact could be harnessed like that

Well, I could boil down God like a broth

Then stay out half the night drinking soma with all of the boys

But does coherence exist in the world as it is?

Can a man find some sense in this life?

“What is truth?” Pilate asked on a Friday as black as the night

Oh but you can’t simplify when you're reasoning why

No, you can't sip your supper like that

You feel strange, you have changed who you were when you had your first draught

Oh you can sharpen your cynical sense of regret

You can cut out all the parts you don't like

You and your Jefferson Bible to lull you to sleep at night

Or you can choose to be careful and take in the whole of existence.

Oh God, what a sight!

But baby, I want you to tell me

About all the dark things that hide in your heart

Show me what makes you so lonely

Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie?

Baby, I want you to tell me

About all the dark things that hide in your heart

Show me what makes you so lonely

Did somebody hurt you, did somebody lie?