Just West of Eden

I wasn't lookin' for somethin' different I was sailing slowly losing all control I was goin' down in the dirty water Deep into the middle of my soul There like a streak of lightning, illuminating everything in sight I surrendered to this senseless fighting I surrendered to this senseless light Over top of yonder mountain, over there where the rainbow ends I took a drink from the holy fountain Down around where the river bends The further I followed this fallen path The more I trusted in this fear Then revealed in the aftermath I didn't know who I was, what, or where Just west of Eden, from Chicago to Gethsemane Just west of Eden, the flowers smelled like tragedy Just west of Eden Communion came like rollin' water Like a feast to a hungry beast I knelt beside a ploughman's daughter Whose thirst never seemed to cease The gateway to the wicked led the lost under their wing Silence fell upon this hopeless town and the bells of innocence began to ring Just west of Eden, where Cain paved a pavement of sin Just west of Eden, the trumpet wailed and the walls caved in... Just west of Eden Graced by the hours and the mindless traps In which even the noblest fall Love's longing flower brought humility unto us all I stood engulfed by temptations smile Searching for the only key Reverent eyes fell upon my brow While she moved in the air like poetry Clutching on to this sword, I hold the names of all the men I rip myself from this chord Falling free to find myself again I seize the darkness with a sharpened tongue Then spit it out at last I watch the lighthouse from the water Beware of the coming of the past Just west of Eden, crucifixions while the cities burn Just west of Eden, the priest wailed and the poet yearned Just west of Eden, insolence, prejudice, and cowardice are learned... Just west of Eden