Lyrics
I lay infirm in the house of the metaphysician
having collapsed in the house of the lord
Every treatment I tried there
every tonic and cure
for a fever that could not be ignored
I walked into the world of forms
Searched there for Truth everlasting
But over this truth
and under the stars
the shadow of doubt always casting
Tell me, he said,
what are you looking for?
What will make you look no more?
I returned to the house of the metaphysician
with no answers to carve into stone
Every treatment I tried there
every tonic and cure
to take me beyond the unknown
As I wandered, I saw animals struggle and die
Wolves, mourning, howled in the night
And there by the moon
and under the stars
they buried the burdens of life
Tell me, they said,
what are you looking for?
What will make you look no more
Then I awoke in the house of the metaphysician
Packed my things up and left through the door
Resolved to accept
some things can't be known
I'll come to this house no more
