I've been walking on
These streets so long
I don't know
Where they're
Calling me anymore

But I think
I must have seen a ghost
I don't know
If it's my illusions

That keep me alive
I don't know what I see
Was it all an illusion?
Or a mirage gone bad?
I'm tired of evil
And all the things
That I don't know

And I've been drifting
On this wave so long
I don't know
If it's already
Crashed on the shore

And I've been riding
On this train so long
I can't tell
If it's you or me
Who is driving us
Into the ground

I don't know
If I'm sane
But there's a ghost
In my heart
That's trying
To see in the dark

I'm tired of people
Who only want
To be pleased
But I still want
To please you

And I heard
Of that Japanese girl
Who jumped
Into the volcano
Was she trying
To make it back
Back into the womb
Of the world?

I've been drinking
All these tears so long
All I've got left
Is the taste of salt
In my mouth

I don't know
Where I've been
But I know
Where I'm going
To that volcano

I don't want
To fall in though
So I want my bones
On the firing line


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Volcano Lyrics as written by Beck Hansen

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    Isn't it just he's not the happiest bunny, (cause people are crap -> I'm tired of people who only want to be pleased ) and he knows about the japanese girl jumped into the volcano to get away from it.

    However, he knows there's light at the end of the tunnel, so he just wants to warm his bones and deal with it.

    " I don't know if I'm sane But there's a ghost in my heart Who's trying to see in the dark I'm tired of people who only want to be pleased But I still want to please you "

    That's the stand out bit for me. Is he the only one that's sane that still sees goodness? Even in the face of people who are crap.

    xdvron August 06, 2010   Link

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