《Talk to Strangers》歌词

[00:00:00] Talk To Strangers - Saul Williams

[00:00:01] Written by：Serj Tankian/Saul Williams

[00:00:07] Nah

[00:00:07] I wasn't raised at gunpoint and I've read too many books

[00:00:09] To distract me from the mirror when unhappy with my looks

[00:00:12] And I ain't got proper diction for the makings of a thug

[00:00:15] Though I grew up in the ghetto and

[00:00:17] My niggers all sold drugs

[00:00:19] And though that may validate me for a

[00:00:20] Spot on MTV

[00:00:22] Or get me all the airplay that

[00:00:23] My bank account would need

[00:00:25] I was hoping to invest in a lesson

[00:00:27] That I learned

[00:00:28] I thought this fool had jumped me

[00:00:29] Just because it was my turn

[00:00:31] I went to an open space 'cause

[00:00:32] I knew he wouldn't do it

[00:00:34] If somebody there could see him or

[00:00:36] Somebody else might prove it

[00:00:37] And maybe in your eyes

[00:00:38] It may seem I got punked out

[00:00:40] 'Cause I walked a narrow path and

[00:00:41] Then went and changed my route

[00:00:43] But that openness exposed me to a

[00:00:45] Truth I couldn't find

[00:00:46] In the clenched fists of

[00:00:47] My ego or the confines of my mind

[00:00:49] Or the hipness of my swagger or the swagger in my step

[00:00:52] This scowl of my grimace or the meanness of my rep

[00:00:55] 'Cause we represent a truth

[00:00:56] Son the changes by the hour

[00:00:58] And when you open to it vulnerability is power

[00:01:01] And in that shifting form you'll find a truth

[00:01:03] That doesn't change

[00:01:04] And that truth is living proof of the fact

[00:01:06] That god is strange

[00:01:07] Talk to strangers

[00:01:08] When the family fails and friends

[00:01:09] Lead you astray

[00:01:10] When buddha laughs and jesus weeps and

[00:01:12] It turns out god is gay

[00:01:13] 'Cause angels and messiahs

[00:01:15] Love can come in many forms

[00:01:16] In the hallways of your projects or

[00:01:18] The fat girl in your dorm

[00:01:19] And when you finally take the time to see what they're about

[00:01:22] Perhaps you find them lonely or their wisdom

[00:01:25] Trips you out

[00:01:27] Maybe you'll find where cycles end

[00:01:29] You're back where you began

[00:01:30] But come this time around

[00:01:31] You'll have someone to hold your hand

[00:01:33] Who prays for you who is there for

[00:01:34] You who sends you love and light

[00:01:36] Exposes you to parts of you that you

[00:01:38] Once tried to fight

[00:01:39] And come this time around

[00:01:40] You'll choose to walk a different path

[00:01:42] You'll embrace what you turned away and

[00:01:44] Cry at what you laughed

[00:01:45] 'cause that's the only way we're going to make it

[00:01:47] Through this storm

[00:01:48] Where ignorance is common sense and

[00:01:50] Senselessness the norm

[00:01:51] And flags wave high above the truth and the two never touch

[00:01:54] And stolen goods are overpriced and

[00:01:56] Freedom costs too much

[00:01:57] And no one seems to recognize the symbols come to life

[00:02:00] The bitten apple on the screen and jesus

[00:02:02] Had a wife

[00:02:04] And she was his messiah like that

[00:02:05] Stranger may be yours

[00:02:07] Who holds a subtle knife that carves

[00:02:08] Through worlds like magic doors

[00:02:11] And that's what I've been

[00:02:12] Looking for the bridge from then to now

[00:02:14] Just watching bet like what the f**k son

[00:02:16] This is foul

[00:02:17] But that square box don't represent

[00:02:19] The sphere that we live in

[00:02:20] The earth is not a flat screen

[00:02:21] I ain't trying to fit in

[00:02:23] But this ain't for the underground

[00:02:24] This here is for the sun

[00:02:26] A seed a stranger gave to me and

[00:02:28] Planted on my tongue

[00:02:29] And when I look at you I know

[00:02:31] I'm not the only one

[00:02:33] As a great man once said

[00:02:35] There's nothing more powerful

[00:02:37] Than an idea

[00:02:38] Who's time

[00:02:40] Has come