Colossus

Colossus.

If your bliss is ignorance,
The truth is something you fear.
I hope you don’t look for Providence,
On the tip of some southern pier.
Out through the storm clouds essence,
Its tentacles clawing the lighthouse,
Small ‘neath it’s loom, you pay penance,
And the elephant stops for the mouse.

Chorus #1

Less you thought it was real, this illusion.
One world with you at its centre.
Now you’re forced into facing,
It opened up your eyes to surrender.

It shows you the cracks on its surface,
It shows you the detail in truth,
Asks you to stand and be counted,
To announce to the world “this is you”

Chorus #2

Less you thought it was real, this illusion.
One world with you at its centre.
Now you’re forced into facing,
It opened up your eyes to surrender.

Are you really in love with the dancer,
You carelessly swing by your side?
Colossus demands an answer,
Bears down on the liar inside.
It broods in the depth of your darkness,
Swells at the coward you are,
Roars as it bursts into droplets,
Cracks with electric despair.

Only now you can no longer hide it,
The nature to which you can’t lie,
Has turned on you all it’s glory,
And slipped away with the tide.

All Lyrics by Lee Vernon-
Copyright Pearl Handled Revolver.Jan 2011.