all the tea in China, all the gold in Bombay
All the turmoil in Karachi and the cell phones in L.A.
All the glitter and confusion that the human eye can see
All the faceless refugees that struggle to be free
All the pain and pleasure, all the life and the death
All the things you're chasing till you run out of breath
All the shopping highways, all the fish in the sea
Let them melt away in moonlight; they mean nothing to me.
Amitabha, Krishna-Christ, take me home
all of these are names for the great unknown
Religions are just training wheels as you learn to ride
But when you find the truth you put them all aside
It depends on what you're after
How the journey is defined
But one thing here is certain
It all happens in the mind
All the shop girls in the windows on the boulevards of time
All the graven images... and Circe with her swine
the striving and surrender, all the bitter and the sweet
I weave into a garland, and I lay it at your feet.
The only thing worth having is the truth that lies beyond
everything you touch and see till the moment you are gone
Love is the only lantern through the darkness and the din.
Keep knocking on the door... someone might let you in
There was a place I used to go... impenetrably deep
the dancing girls were sleeping. I did not dream of sheep
There was sunlight through the window, there was music in the air
in a room of living crystal, and only you were there
Amitabha, Krishna-Christ, take me home
all of these are names for the great unknown
Religions are just training wheels as you learn to ride
When you find the truth you put them all aside
It depends on what you're after
How the journey is defined
But one thing here is certain
It all happens in the mind
Yes, one thing is for certain
It all happens in your mind
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