Lyrics

WHEN THE BIG PICTURE FADES



Somewhere between imagination and memory
Between the person I was and the person I wanted to be
Somewhere between Medford and Modesto
On a cloudless night where the air?s real clean

Was I pullin? images out of some long lost dream
Or was it more like those paper things you scratch ?n sniff
Tell me how many angels can dance on the head of a pin
Am I ever gonna stop wonderin? about ?what if??

When the big picture fades out of focus
And you?re askin? ?what is this??
Well the answer?s right there before you
It is what it is, what it is.

Is this a career I?m building or just a job punchin? my time
Is it ever gonna end, now I believe I really do mind
I like to picture myself sittin? down by a stream doin? nothin?
And nothin? ever sounded so good.

For every brick I ever laid
Every song I ever played
Every promise that I made, what mattered?
For every ounce of sweat I gave
All the years of playin? it safe
All the time was I a slave, what mattered?
Tell me what mattered.

When the big picture fades out of focus
And you?re askin? ?what is this??
Well the answer?s right there before you
It is what it is, what it is.