Everything was shaking
Sky rippled and spit
Brush caught fire
When the lightning hit
The sun let open
So I could see the land
Lord had 20 commandments for me
He said, "Show the world"
He said, "Etch them in stone"
I said, "Shit, man, that sounds like
Too much work for just one man alone"
He said, "Anyone could do it
I wouldn't need no help"
I said, "Screw it, damn it, do it yourself"
I said, "Do it yourself
It's complicated"
The sun's coming up and the record's fading
I asked you to go
You didn't say no
You told me that you would
And then you did not show
And then you told me you never intended to go
You can't learn something that you already know
I may never know the road I'm on (Already knew that)
The here and now or the dead and gone (Oh)
The coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
And when the record faded
Another one played
The quicker it went
The longer we stayed
The longer we stayed
The less we were moved
By the block we paved and the nothing it proved
I may never know the road I'm on (Nothing we proved)
The here and now or the dead and gone
The coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday (When we moved)
I may never know the road I'm on (It's complicated)
The here and now or the dead and gone (Oh)
The coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
When the record faded
When the record faded
You're gonna need my help someday
When the record faded
You're gonna need my help someday
When the record faded
You're gonna need my help
The song wasn't all that complicated