I walked green miles of jungle   I walked through yellow miles of pain   I crossed starvation's desert   Watched dead rivers swell with rain      The song of insects filled the air   Nights and cities of despair   A killer sun sets sunday wear   And all the roads from here to there   Yeah      I sailed the sea of desolation   Dropped my anchor there   Plumbed the depths of isolation   Walked its length and was not scared   Went from end to end to end   And from there I went again   The road that only this one knows   Off to nowhere   Here I go      Illumination comes so hard   Makes me see but it leaves its scars   At times I wish that I didn't know what I know now   Thought and thought until I lost my mind   Looked and looked until I went near blind   The path is fair but so unkind   Illumination      (solo)      At night the highway's diesel roar   Speaks to me and tells me more   Than any book I've ever read   Or anything you've ever said   Through silent eyes inside   I watch myself and worlds collide   The seasons burn and crack my skin   I stay outside and live within      Illumination comes so hard   Makes me see but it leaves its scars   At times I wish that I didn't know what I know now   Thought and thought until I lost my mind   Looked and looked until I went near blind   The path is fair but so unkind   Illumination   Illumination   Illumination   Illumination   Illumination