I know the feeling   It is the real thing   The essence of the truth   The perfect moment   That golden moment   I know you feel it too   I know the feeling   It is the real thing   You can't refuse the embrace      It's like the pattern below the skin   You gotta reach out and pull it all in   And you feel like you're too close   So you swallow another dose   The pinnacle of happiness   Filling up your soul   You don't think you can take any more   You never wanna let go   To touch the roots of experience   The most basic ingredients   To see the unseen glitter of life   And feel the dirt, grief, anger and strife   Cherish the certainly of now   It kills you a bit at a time   Cradle the inspiration   It will leave you writhing on the floor      This is so unreal, what I feel   This nourishment, life is bent   Into a shape I can hold   A twist of fate, all my own   Just grit your teeth, make no sound   Take a step away and look around   Just clench your fist and close your eyes   Look deep inside, hypnotize   The whisper is but a shout   That's what it is all about   Yes, the ecstasy, you can pray   You will never let it slip away      Like the sacred song that someone sings through you   Like the flesh so warm that the thorn sticks into   Like the dream you know one day will come to life   Try to hold on just a little longer, stronger      It's the jewel of victory   The chasm of misery   And once you have bitten the core   You will always know the flavor   The split second of divinity   You drink up the sky   All of heaven is in your arms   You know the reason why   It's right there, all by itself   And what you are, there is nothing else   You're growing a life within a life   The lips of wonder kiss you inside   And when it's over the feeling remains   It all comes down to this   The smoke clears, I see what it is   That made me feel this way      I know the feeling   It is the real thing   The essence of the truth   The perfect moment   That golden moment   I know you feel it too   I know the feeling   It is the real thing   You can't refuse the embrace      This is so unreal, what I feel   Flood, sell your soul, feel the blood   Pump through your veins, can't explain   The element that's everything   Just clench your fist and close your eyes   Look deep inside, hypnotize   Yes, the ecstasy, you can pray   You will never let it slip away      Like the echoes of your childhood laughter, ever after   Like the first time love urged you to take it's guidance, in silence   Like your heartbeat when you realize you're dying, but you're trying   Like the way you cry for a happy ending, ending   I know