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I'm standing alone on the cliffs of the world.
No one ever tends to me.
Sitting alone, covered in rays.
Some things are so my mind can breath
Waiting is hard
Fucking takes so long
Draped in sun - hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world, it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
I lay on my side in the edge of the room
She never expects anything from me
When all the days - the days of the year
I know I miss that part of me.
Waiting is hard
Fucking takes so long
Draped in sun, hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
No one ever tends to me.
Sitting alone, covered in rays.
Some things are so my mind can breath
Waiting is hard
Fucking takes so long
Draped in sun - hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world, it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
I lay on my side in the edge of the room
She never expects anything from me
When all the days - the days of the year
I know I miss that part of me.
Waiting is hard
Fucking takes so long
Draped in sun, hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
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Garcia sings about the desperation of being completely alone expecting nothing from nobody. It's the same feeling if you are on the "cliffs of the world" or "the edge of the room", in the end nothin changes the fact that you're alone wanting some kind of answer that never comes at all (waiting is hard and takes so long). He talks about earth acid... an obvious reference to drugs and the way they're used to escape the problem...
when he says it never comes
he's probably talking about
this distant presence that
can be felt under the influence
of psychedelics sometimes
It feels as if it's rushing
toward you at high speeds
but it "never comes".
"Some things are so the mind can breath" - A psychadelic experience is a lot of times refreshing and a needed experience.
"Waiting is hard—fucking takes so long" - he's waiting for the drug to kick in.
"Earth Acid cleanses me, it cleanses me clean" - If you've done shrooms you'd know its got many parallels to acid (LSD), but it is like "earth's acid" because it comes from the earth
The verse that starts with the line "I lay on my side on the edge of the room" is about actually being under the influence of the drug. He is tripping out. The earth has given him this gift and she does not expect anything in return for the trip.