Shield Your Eyes
Bivouac LP/CD,
Etc. 2xLP/CD,
The World's in Shreds Volume Two compilation 7"
There was a sun once.
The truth burns bright.
The blind man staggers.
The truth burns bright.
Shield your eyes from all this misery.
It lit the whole damn sky.
It kept everything,
everything alive.
And there was a man once.
He looked it straight in the eye.
He saw everything.
Everything. He went blind.
There's too much there sometimes.
The sun it shows, the sun it blinds.
Best to keep your eyes.
Stare at the sidewalk lines.
Let lies lie, don't let them shine.
And he grabs at his eyes.
He can't do anything.
Everything is a lie.
Now he sits around.
And he stares at the walls.
He can't do anything,
anything at all.
There's too much there sometimes.
The sun it shows, the sun it blinds.
Best to keep your eyes.
Stare at the sidewalk lines.
Let lies lie, don't let them shine.
Come along. Come along.
Note: In pre-Bivouac versions, the band repeats the first verse after
the instrumental section found on the LP version. Additionally, "Come along. Come along." is extended
to "Come along. You can hide here with me."