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Artist: Infinite Density Beings
Album:  Crossfade to the Beat
Song:   Old Man Grizzly
Typed by: Nick Born

up on the peak of an undisclosed mountain
an old man growing weak pours water from a fountain
He chose to live in the hills
got tired of paying the bills
sometimes he kills to feed himself
but with no harm on anybody else
During the nighttime he hears wolves howling when the moon is vibrant
thank god almighty he's a lone tyrant of his own environment
His body's starting to expire
can't hardly start a fire
but he has the desire to be inspired
living of the supplement nature has given him
He struggles to haul the rusty shackles near the fire where the embers crackle
His scars torn deep into old leathered skin
truly a man with almost no sin
He acquired the name old man grizzly
because of all the bears shared the forest with him
His kind old eyes have seen many skies
but soon he will die from old age, an inescapable result of time
all he needs is a sign that his life was not worthless
and that he lived with somewhat of a purpose
the path chosen by his selection
gave way to many directions
One day he was chopping some wood
when the weather was good
an unexpected visitor approached who looked very sinister
It was a mountain lion with eyes widened
and a sliver of yellow
yet the old man remained mellow
The big cat snarled and he clutched his axe
waiting for the feline to attack
He stared him down with a gaze so strong
the lion knew to strike would be wrong
so he ran away
and old man grizzly never forgot that day
Five years later his beard is greater, longer, whiter
his body much lighter
and he doesn't have much fight left in him
but in his mind the journeys just beginning
for the sign did come and he found out what life is all about
pain and suffering gives the soul a buffering
 so when you exit the human apparatus
the soul has had practice
and reaches a higher status
of understanding
life’s not all about demand
but something to do with the pineal gland
and the old man picked up a pine cone in his hand
and felt a strand of energy that wielded a force so powerful
he became showered with divine love
from somewhere up above