thewalkingstick(prod. by imax)

written and performed by stranded

prod. by imax(bhd)


lyrics:

as life fluctuates
primates sleep
and butterflies wake
that’s an odd face for a human being
what do you mean?
well the way the stern lines
correspond
with thoughts being dispersed from your mind
are you thinking?
i’m always thinking
then you’re not a human
you’re a conscious being
and who might you be?
truly
i can’t exactly tell you that
you see
i’m sort of a spell you cast
i’m here to give you this
to take with you
as you seek intelligence
a staff?
what’s this for?
to guide you on your path
it’ll take you to the answers to questions
that you’d never ask
and it’s powers will ever last
but I must leave now
he began to walk away
i’m like, no, don’t go yet
there’s so much that I don’t know yet
he stopped for a whole sec
and cast me a sideways glance
then he vanished
before I could advance

that was the past
this is the present
in reflection
i now know it was me
that answered my questions
i came to myself
to give me guidance
for the knowledge I seek
and give encouragement to find it

my thoughts disperse from my mind
travel the size of atoms
when they’re not combined
and reintegrate at another time
in a book of rhymes
moving away from the spine
or perhaps, years ago
written backwards on nostradamus’ third eye
you ever see a bird fly and wonder why?
not why he’s flying
but why he’s flying at that specific moment in time
where is he headed?
or does he still have to decide?
they’re just like us
in that, they lead their own lives
maybe, he’s going to his man’s nest
or maybe, he wants to transgress
treat his brain like spandex
and expand, stretch
the limits
of a bird's given
nature of living
and go to a place that no bird’s supposed to visit
you can also give in
to your curiosity
even if it’s
just periodically
it doesn’t make a difference
'cause once you did it
you can’t say that you didn’t
it’ll always be there
in the back of your mind, sitting
waiting
for you to access your imagination
you’re trembling and shaking
but you can overcome that fear if you face it
you’re scared
because your life appears to be changing
it is
that’s what happens
you must go astray
from your older ways
turn your back on your friends
or go play
do what you want
but you can’t have it both ways
it’s one or the other
and once you adjust your
life’s structure
you can’t influence others
not even your own brother
he ain’t going to change 'cause you tell him to
yes he will
no he won’t
he has to do it of his own free will
you can teach
provoke him to think
but you have no control
over the outcome that he will reach
you can hand him a feather
but he has to dip it in the ink
i must admit
the situation is usually bleak
as soon as you speak
cats go into defense mode
and slam the door
on you and your info
like when the wind blows
through a room with an open window
you have to improvise
the door can’t close when the hinge broke
you can’t treat your friends, foes
or your kinfolk like your kinfolk
they’re going to take everything for a big joke
you’ve got to sit them down
tell them shut up and listen
then you can go
when you’re finished
that’s the end of the road
leave them alone
they’re going to do
whatever they’re going to do
after you talk to them for an hour or two
you can’t stress it any more powerful
now, let’s go back
like drowning in the fountain of youth
back to you
have I reached you?
are you going to change the way that you think?
let all that water run out of your brain like a sink do
or are you going to sink to a lower level?
out of spite
'cause you won’t settle
for anyone to tell you
to spike the treble
in the vessel
that nestles within your skull
i know it’s hard
why not choose
to overcome a pebble before a stone wall?
when it’s so tall
and that small rock requires no effort at all
you don’t have to walk before you crawl
i don’t expect you to come that far
after this one song
it don’t have to happen instantly
but that pinnacle should be reached eventually
don’t you find it odd
that for the past 8 or 9 centuries
probably longer because I don’t know my history
that human beings are considered lucky to live a century?
how come we’re still using medicine to cure injuries?
by now we should be able
to do that type of thing mentally
we should be able to do everything mentally
that’s probably what we were meant for
since our race’s infancy
we’re just living machines
only living
because we make decisions independently
if we taught computers
that they needed electricity
to stay in activity
and built them
so they can reproduce on their own and thrive
make one of their goals
to survive
then they’d look at electricity
as the food they need
in order to stay alive
then they’d be alive
as far as they’re concerned
the ones we use don’t do much of this
and they carry germs
viruses
that destroy documents
and shut down entire units of central processing
the same thing goes on inside of men
but you stupid motherfuckers
won’t even open your minds a bit
that’s why you’ll never go
to half of the places that I have been
'cause you’re determined
to further your unconsciousness
never to return the opposite
direction
and step with
your walking stick