Jim James - Parallels lyrics

Well she spoke to me with no warning Silencing me with a wave of her hand I could sense a new habit forming Where I obeyed her every command She said: climb to the highest mountain Soar to the top of the tree There you’ll see all the visions forming Brought forth the same way as you and me And in my face she screamed that we were born In the parallels between freak and norm In the parallels between young and old In the parallels between love and gold In the parallels between black and white In the raw grey matter no wrong or right In the parallels all living life In the parallels all living life And the color green like money thrown Into the wind of a raging storm With an iron fist we are often told Of the parallels between war and gold In the parallels between black and white In the raw grey matter no wrong or right In the parallels all living life In the parallels just living life To the parallels of the modern world And the parallels between war and gold And the color green like money poured Into the face of a raging storm Where the thief runs free and the hero dies And all because they would spin the lies In the parallels all living life Spin the lies In the parallels all living life