Roky Erickson
Slip Inside This House
[Verse 1]
Bedouin in tribes ascending from the egg into the flower
Alpha information sending states within the heaven shower
From disciples the unending subtleties of river power
They slip inside this house as they pass by
[Verse 2]
If your limbs begin dissolving in the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving in the stream that clears your head
Find yourself a caravan like Noah must have led
And slip inside this house as you pass by
[Bridge]
Slip inside this house as you pass by
True conception, knowing why
Brings even more than meets the eye
Slip inside this house as you pass by
[Verse 3]
In this dark we call creation, we can be and feel and know
From an effort, comfort station, that's surviving on the go
There's infinite survival in the high baptismal glow
Just slip inside this house as you pass by
[Chorus]
There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own
[Post-Chorus]
Live where your heart can be given
And your life starts to unfold
In the forms you envision in this dream that's ages old
On the river layer is the only sayer
You receive all you can hold like you've been told
[Verse 4]
Every day's another dawning, give the morning winds a chance
Always catch your thunder yawning, lift your mind into the dance
Sweep the shadows from your awning
Shrink the fourfold circumstance
That lies outside this house, don't pass it by
[Verse 5]
Higher worlds that you uncover, light the path you want to roam
You compare there and discover, you won't need a shell of foam
Twice born gypsies care and keep
The nowhere of their former home
They slip inside this house as they pass by
[Bridge]
Slip inside this house as you pass by
You think you can't, you wish you could
I know you can, I wish you would
Slip inside this house as you pass by
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 6]
Four and twenty birds of Maya baked into an atom you
Polarized into existence, magnet heart from red to blue
To such extent, the realm of dark within the picture, it seems true
But slip inside this house and then decide
[Verse 7]
All your lightning waits inside you, travel it along your spine
Seven stars receive your visit, seven seals remain divine
Seven churches filled with spirit, treasure from the angels' mine
To slip inside this house as you pass by
[Bridge]
Slip inside this house as you pass by
The space you make has your own laws
No longer human, Gods are cause
The center of this house will never die
[Chorus]
There is no season when you are grown
You are always risen from the seeds you've sown
There is no reason to rise alone
Other stories given have sages of their own
[Post-Chorus]
Draw from the well of unchanging and its union nourishes on
In the right rearranging till the last confusion is gone
Water brothers trust in the ultimust
Of the always singing song they pass along
[Outro]
One-eyed men aren't really reigning
They just march in place until
Two-eyed men with mystery training finally feel the power fill
Three-eyed men are not complaining
They can yo-yo where they will
They slip inside this house as you pass by
Don't pass it by