From small beginnings rise the redwood      To oversee 2000 years      From her vantage, we’re all insects      From her stillness, we’re all on speed      Though each is different in its motion      There’s perfection in the seed      What is going down?      One man lives, one man dies      One forgives, one gets crucified      Life just takes you to the bone      One is faithful, one is not      One gets high upon the cross      Life just takes you to the bone      One born rich, one born poor      Life’s a bitch and I’m her whore      Life just takes you to the bone      In the big picture      Amongst humans      There’s such detail, light and shade      All the ranges of confusion      I’m with the fat man      Life is change      What is going down?      What you doing with that body?      It’s just borrowed      You confuse yourself, you confuse yourself      You’re not mind      You’re not thought      You’re not flesh      It’s not yours      Take your foot off the gas      There’s a human being in here      That’s beside yourself      There’s a spirit in here      You’re beside yourself      Slow down, reach out, I guess      One just prays to be in love      The other one kills in the name of God      Life just takes you to the bone      One makes bombs in Palestine      Nothing to lose except his life      Just takes you to the bone