Tourniquet - Vanishing Lessons Lyrics
Silently vanishing, then reappearingSlipping away for a whileStart dematerializing before your eyesAlways a step from our graspAt the turn of the centuryLived a Mr. HoudiniShrouded in a mysteryHe fooled all humanityWhy is it a mysteryThe very thing that seems to meExplains itself so easilyThe love of wealth brings miseryThings we acquire means fuel for the fireThe feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawnThings we acquire means fuel for the fireThe feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawnChinese water torture cellAnd metamorphosisJail escapes, buried aliveWalking through a solid wallSuicide among the richDefies the laws of reason whichTells us those who have it allMust often answer to death's callThings we acquire means fuel for the fireThe feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawnDollars for happiness, that's what the world tells usPour all yourself in the pursuit of wealthThings we acquire means fuel for the fireThe feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawnDollars for happiness, that's what the world tells usPour all yourself in the pursuit of wealth"There are chords in the hearts of the most recklessWhich cannot be touched without emotion. EvenWith the utterly lost to whom life and death areEqually jests, there are matters of which no jest canBe made"Ever since I was a boyI have always kept your lawsNow I want to follow youJoin you in your noble causeJesus turned to him and saidSell all you have, give to the poorThe rich your ruler hung his headNot to follow, walked instead
