From the recording Get Ready
Lyrics
Working Title (Music by H. Gregg, D. Wylie, C. Murphy, J. Cooper, lyrics by D. Wylie)
When you don’t know what to say
And you don’t know what to do
And you cannot figure out how you got where you got to
And you don’t know how to say
What you think you need to say
But you never did consider that you can’t say the thing away
Have you not grabbed enough things by the balls
To learn how that tends to turn out?
Have the gods not frowned to see you burn out again and again
And then smile lovingly as they sent you off again
Have you not had enough evidence that it’s time to give it all a rest?
You’re not the author of any of this, it’s a story too complex
Doesn’t need to be held, must not be held, it cannot be held
Only beheld
You’re working with what the working title says
Yes, it is hard to hold it lightly when you know how very precious it is
And it disappears when you squeeze it tightly
And you’ve worked so very hard to be worthy of the gift that is simply given
But that’s the thing: it is simply given
So, so what if you burst into a million pieces
When you finally understand what it means to understand
And so what, so what if you can’t hold yourself together
Nothing can be held together when true beauty is revealed
Have you not had enough evidence that it’s time to give it all a rest?
You’re not the author of any of this, it’s a story too complex
Doesn’t need to be held, must not be held, it cannot be held
Only beheld
You’re working with what the working title says
Have you not had enough evidence that it’s time to give it all a rest?
You’re not the author of any of this, it’s a story too complex
Doesn’t need to be held, must not be held, it cannot be held
Only beheld
You’re working with what the working title says