It Has to Be Revealed (Spoken Poem with Music)
- last year
Lyrics:
It Has to Be Revealed
They were reading about a film that’d change the future
The problem is that everyone assumed it was lost forever
The last reel had been polluting the oceans for some time now
And no one had been smart enough to make any copies whatsoever
In the back of their mind they just knew it was not only real
But could actually provide enough to make its discovery a lasting endeavor
They’re still people alive today whose lips aren’t sealed
They thought the idea of finding and interviewing them was quite clever
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They entered the house of an old man
That claimed to have seen the film and had feedback
He had seen it on a date when he was with his future wife
Who’d recently died from complications following a heart attack
And who he’d loved so much he wasn’t sure life was worth it
How do you keep it moving when all you see is black
To live my life without her is blurring my whole vision field
If I lived in a previous century I’d’ve asked to be placed on the rack
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They thought with the old lady down the street there would be success
Her savvy mind immediately honed in on the subject
Or at least the one with which she was concerned
Her first child had been born with a defect
That had kept her from accomplishing her goals and
Fitting in and with others be able to connect
In hopes that one day her wounds could be healed
She had joined quite a controversial religious sect
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
Another man contacted them and said I know what you’re looking for
They were surprised as when they showed up to the man’s home
They were shown a tape that was a bootleg of an inferior film
Something that wasn’t worth being placed in a catacomb
With actors squawking and trying to crow their ill-rehearsed lines
And a quality of picture that demonstrated quite the syndrome
They took it out and from the cover it was peeled
Just to make sure no one else watched it he sprayed it with foam
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They finally were able to run down a historian
Who could give them the insight and background
Which would help them piece together the puzzle
The historian remarked that not many people come round
Because interest in this medium is quickly dissipating
While for the last scraps we continue to hound
But the work you’re doing if you do not yield
Then all your findings I now must impound
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
It Has to Be Revealed
They were reading about a film that’d change the future
The problem is that everyone assumed it was lost forever
The last reel had been polluting the oceans for some time now
And no one had been smart enough to make any copies whatsoever
In the back of their mind they just knew it was not only real
But could actually provide enough to make its discovery a lasting endeavor
They’re still people alive today whose lips aren’t sealed
They thought the idea of finding and interviewing them was quite clever
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They entered the house of an old man
That claimed to have seen the film and had feedback
He had seen it on a date when he was with his future wife
Who’d recently died from complications following a heart attack
And who he’d loved so much he wasn’t sure life was worth it
How do you keep it moving when all you see is black
To live my life without her is blurring my whole vision field
If I lived in a previous century I’d’ve asked to be placed on the rack
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They thought with the old lady down the street there would be success
Her savvy mind immediately honed in on the subject
Or at least the one with which she was concerned
Her first child had been born with a defect
That had kept her from accomplishing her goals and
Fitting in and with others be able to connect
In hopes that one day her wounds could be healed
She had joined quite a controversial religious sect
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
Another man contacted them and said I know what you’re looking for
They were surprised as when they showed up to the man’s home
They were shown a tape that was a bootleg of an inferior film
Something that wasn’t worth being placed in a catacomb
With actors squawking and trying to crow their ill-rehearsed lines
And a quality of picture that demonstrated quite the syndrome
They took it out and from the cover it was peeled
Just to make sure no one else watched it he sprayed it with foam
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed
They finally were able to run down a historian
Who could give them the insight and background
Which would help them piece together the puzzle
The historian remarked that not many people come round
Because interest in this medium is quickly dissipating
While for the last scraps we continue to hound
But the work you’re doing if you do not yield
Then all your findings I now must impound
Because true meaning can’t be created it has to be revealed