The Hole and the Eye Lyrics


Stranger, you live

This voice is yours

it's you that I hear and see

All that crawls in this pit

All the life, parasites and worms

Are but a dust for the tempest

A waterdrop for the fire

Yes it is all nothing and none

Hollow reflector and moving deceit

With its roots plunged in nowhere

Yes it is all none and nothing

A hole filled with temporary pulse

with the essence of a trader

But this hole is within

It carved its home, created condition

And a structure, a building

Celebrating its inhabitant

Then he started his work, set the price

Opened the doors, put the signs

With a confident smile on his face

and the stench of the holy ground

He began to spread his word around

Stranger, I saw thee

As you spoke with the whores

I heard your voice and felt your limbs

moving and making noise in the pit

My hands are cold

I'm freezing in the wind

a stray dog, thin to the bone

eating dust, sleeping on stones

My hands are cold

I'm lurking in the dark

in lightless cellar of dripping moisture

Neglecting every pain and pleasure

What is the cost of searching

for The Eye

This faint, hurt and sorrow

The love of no tomorrow

What is the price of craving

to reach behind it all

Piercing through the present

Gazing into the darkness of the abyss

To reject the offers of the trader

Through scope to watch the stranger

With the rifle pointed into the mirror

To pray not for the salvation,

For this pity dealer and whore

To ask not for the heaven

for it is the ultimate pleasure

and the kingdom of the joker

that wears the crown of paper

I shiver not from the cold

that pierces this body and soul

But from thy presence, Lord

So firm, silent and bold

I tremble not from the weight

of the shadows under my skin

But from thy light

Shining so deep and bright

Nothing more to see,

Nor something to discover

In this hollow chamber, this hole

No one could be found,

To dig up the mountains and to swim in the volcanoes,

to conquer the hell and taste the bliss of heaven

All is nothing

I am the hole

You are the Eye