Matisyahu Lyrics
"Built To Survive"
(feat. Zion I)

I am awake
Once again
How are you
My old friend

I am awake
I am alive
I have survived
My time is here

Birds sing out
Morning's on the rise
Figure it out
One more chance
One more day
To find a way to say
What I forgot yesterday

Am I built to survive?
Fading colors melt the skies
Shifting winds, sand storms of time
I am yours, you are mine
I am love, play my strings
Play my heart, my memories
I am the song of your glory
I am the splitting of the sea
Am I built to survive?
Fading colors melt the skies
Shifting winds, sands of time
I am yours, you are mine

We flow together like OM
Flesh, blood, it animates poem
Eventually we gravitate home
It's been a long time, it was hard on my soul
But I know you've been good though
Still alive, giving thanks what we should do
The pride is a snake that can hook you
Hey young world
I know you've been put through
All the struggle makes it worthwhile
The clouds go away when your soul smiles
The smile rises up from a dungeon
Locked away so long, let the sun in
The radiance runs in
Humanity's veins, be the change, so abundant
I feel the wave coming
We built to survive
Be the chosen among them

Am I built to survive?
Fading colors melt the skies
Shifting winds, sand storms of time
I am yours, you are mine
I am love, play my strings
Play my heart, my memories
I am the song of your glory
I am the splitting of the sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXi8-lj6G-o&list=PLN75jTwtTsMjmtX_7BxXbm4JtzxKI92G1&index=5

All of my enemies, they surround me
But I will chop them down
Encompass me, but in the name of the Lord
I will cut them down
They push me, they want me to fall
With my back against the wall
My back against the wall

I shall not die
I shall live in the land of the living
I shall not die
I will live in the land of the living

Shooting stars, burning sky, rising with the dawn
Ground is hard, angels cry, son we must move on
Teach me to love
Where are you, o my son, where are you
Ayeka, Ayeka, Ayeka
Teach me to love

They say man is the lamp of God
Well I'm your fog lights in this journey
Through the smog so write it in the logs
And all the blogs and the streets, write it with your feet
When you walk and you talk through the concrete speak,
Spark seek 'til the end of days
Through all the crazy states I'm amazed
Now let the children "rage"

I shall not die, look into your eyes
And I realize that all I know is gone

Shooting stars, burning sky, rising with the dawn
Ground is hard, angels cry, son we must move on
Teach me to love
Where are you, o my son, where are you
Ayeka, Ayeka, Ayeka
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love
Where are you, o my son, where are you
Ayeka, Ayeka, Ayeka
Teach me

Take your blade, rising sun, burns and fades, three long days
Is this your way, here you are, and here I am

Shooting stars, burning sky, rising with the dawn
Ground is hard, angels cry, son we must move on
Teach me to love
Where are you, o my son, where are you
Ayeka, Ayeka, Ayeka
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love, teach me to love
Teach me to love
Where are you, o my son, where are you
Ayeka, Ayeka, Ayeka
Teach me
https://youtu.be/b5DFWUJkTfE?si=URIWt9VhcNhNn1FL

The same thing happened to me when I was around seven. I was sitting in front of the TV, and the house was struck by lightning, which destroyed it. I think it was a tube TV because the screen had a bright red glow when it happened. Now I wonder if it was a random event or something else.

Timestamped link to the story I'm referencing https://youtu.be/AHu2jVqJGbY?t=356

Spiral Out. Keep Going. TOOL - Lateralus Decode

TOOL is pure musical genius... And the song "Lateralus" is their greatest masterpiece. It packs this whole consciousness experience into magically woven lyrics and musical harmony. Join Justin and Mike of @decodingthestorm as we attempt to decode this song and what is masterfully written within... The lyrics are posted below along with a version to listen to containing a compilation of musicians and music lovers having their minds blown by listening to this song for the first time. We'll begin the decode show on Friday, February 16th at 5PM Pacific, 8PM Eastern. Use the link below to join or to check your local start time.

https://t.me/JustinCarpenter33?livestream

"Lateralus" Lyrics:

Black then white are all I see
In my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be,
Reaching out to me,
Lets me see.

As below, so above and beyond,
I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over-thinking, over-analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all I see
In my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be,
Reaching out to me.
Lets me see

There is so much more
And beckons me
To look through to these
Infinite possibilities.

As below, so above and beyond,
I imagine drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over-thinking, over-analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, leaving opportunities behind.

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected
Enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired, to fathom the power,
To witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral,

To swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground
I lose myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.

I'm reaching up and reaching out.
I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me.
Whatever will bewilder me.

And following our will and wind
We may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end
And may just go where no one's been.

Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
SPIRAL OUT. Keep going.

Compilation of first time listeners being blown away: https://youtu.be/s0zRoDmZ1wo?si=l0SGEWrSv78ggK3Y