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How can I look through
Their senseless side?
As much as I'd like to
All is not right - and it shows
All around you
Under the tree - a seed
Come in closer
There is a sign
Shaped in the mind
Pick up - for God's sake
When we call you back to the lake
How can I tell you
All that is wrong
Nothing invites you
Can't get along - with you now
And I try to
There is a page
It's still unwritten
Why can't you find
Time in your schedule
To pick up...
Oh, pick up for God's sake
When we call you back to the lake
Make no mistake
We will call you back to the lake
Their senseless side?
As much as I'd like to
All is not right - and it shows
All around you
Under the tree - a seed
Come in closer
There is a sign
Shaped in the mind
Pick up - for God's sake
When we call you back to the lake
How can I tell you
All that is wrong
Nothing invites you
Can't get along - with you now
And I try to
There is a page
It's still unwritten
Why can't you find
Time in your schedule
To pick up...
Oh, pick up for God's sake
When we call you back to the lake
Make no mistake
We will call you back to the lake
Lyrics submitted by CrookedRain
Track duration: 02:34
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The clues are here for a kind of sequel to A Salty Salute. Perhaps this is the same "lake."
"The bus will get you there yet
To carry us to the lake
The club is open."
Here it seems like a more personal call, to one individual who has fallen out with Bob and his drinking buddies. It could be a girl or just a friend that Bob pissed off in his drunkenness.
so what does that mean? back to ohio, i guess (lake erie).
once i read a book about borneo (into the heart of borneo?) and the author was giving a light hearted account of the native people's beliefs about the afterlife. i can't recall; and can't find the book right now - but it involved people, after death, being deposited in various lakes.
also, the bible tells about the "lake of fire" (ie. hell) which of course was the subject of a famous meat puppets song (covered by nirvana on thier excellent unplugged album). so naturally when i hear *back to the lake* i think about the various afterlife myths, or . . . uh . . . theories.
back to the lake = death
but then again one time i was running a marathon (in the redwoods) and i had my play list on my ipod set up so i'd hear this song right at the end of the marathon . . . meaning i was finished. (we live right near a lake - so it meant coming home.)
anyway - like i said - these ramblings have nothing to do w bob's original intentions (which are rarely very clear so i might as well add my own personal view, right?)
How can I tell you
All that is wrong
Nothing invites you
Can't get along - with you now
And I try to
There is a page
It's still unwritten
Why can't you find
Time in your schedule
To pick up...