Song des Tages: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors

(Fish: "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors", aus dem gleichnamigen Album, 1990)

Listen to me, just hear me out
If I could have your attention
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd
I get so confused and I don't understand
I know you feel the same way, you've always wanted to say
But you don't get the chance - just a voice in the crowd

I don't know the score anymore, it's not clear anymore
I can't tell right from wrong anymore, I just don't understand

I was sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Like changing the channels on TV or the dirt that we stand in to gold

When I was young, my father told me "Just bad guys die!"
At the time just a little white lie ...
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
That even the good guys must die
There's no reasons, no crimes and I never knew why
Even now it still makes me cry

If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now!
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you!

I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
You stand so close but you never understand it
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?

And you sit there and talk "Revolution!"
But can you tell me just who's in command?
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans.
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
By the hill and the will to succeed.

And if that's not what you believe
Would you just let me know
I'm not standing alone
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd.

If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you!
If there's somebody up there, just throw me down a line
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you!

I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Where nothing is exactly how it seems
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
But it all disappears when it's always so near

But one day we will find that we stand in the light
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Nothing here is ever what it seems
I'm scared to shout, in case I draw attention from the powers
That preside over our minds and our lives
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth.

Day by day it's getting louder.
And day by day it's getting stronger.
But when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance -:
I listen to the crowd.

("And the boy stood and stared at the hill,
And the hill stared back.")