Feel the sun in my eyes
Swat that clumsy fly
Woke me up from a dream about heaven
I'm smelling coffee downstairs
Yawn a quick little prayer
And get up at a quarter to seven
The mirror catches my stare
Got some nice pillow hair
And I smile all the way to the bathroom
Scratch my whiskery chin
Now my cranium swims
With questions I can't wait to ask You
Like, why did You bother with so many stars?
Do You ever play tricks on the angels?
And what happened to all those dinosaurs?
Where's the Garden of Eden?
And what causes déjà vu?
I guess in heaven I'll learn
I'll be waiting my turn
To ask about quasars and feathers
I hope the line isn't long
I hope Your patience is strong
It's a good thing forever's forever!
Do our jokes make You laugh?
What's Your favorite cartoon?
Can You tell me what's out past the edges?
And what about UFOs, taste buds and tornados?
Why do we dream?
Oh, and what causes déjà vu?
Time to call it a day
Time to turn off my brain
It's already half past eleven
I reach to turn out the light
Close my sleepy eyes
I'll save all the questions for heaven
I'll save all the questions for heaven
I'm saving up questions for heaven*
There is one thing I really like about those lyrics.
Can you guess what?
* ~ Chris Rice's "Questions for Heaven"
in Smell the Color 9
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well, mels likes the reference to stars.
Posted by: mels at October 14, 2003 09:26 AMnow...was that the question? :)
think literary value ...
Posted by: joy at October 14, 2003 01:04 PMthe repetition of deja vu? (sorry i don't know how to make those accent marks.) actually, i think that was one of the things that stuck out to me when i first read the poem. (of course i noticed the stars too though.)
Posted by: mels at October 15, 2003 02:57 PMyeah. it's one of those deeper-layered twists that i love in the not-so-trite lyrics. even its placement on the tail end of the chorus (which in itself has a redundancy) is appropriate. i like some of chris rice's work because of its winsome childlikeness and because often he ensures that the very form supports/enforces the content.
Posted by: joydriven at October 15, 2003 05:59 PMi have to say i disagree
Posted by: dental insurance at April 9, 2005 10:03 PM