Song Download: Ben Lane – Geisha (Live @ The Relay Station)

This song was written by an old friend by the name of Ben Lane, several years back. He was kind enough to give me permission to distribute the song for free. I can’t say that I really have the corner on what he intended that it would mean, but as I listened to it this afternoon I developed my own (loose) interpretation. It seems that Ben is contrasting two forms of bondage to two different masters, while continually holding out hope that “God is not dead”.

Read the lyrics, and I think you’ll get what I’m seeing. Ben, if you happen to read this, feel free to chime in.

The world is cold and dead and so am I
Holy Spirit resurrect these bones so dry,
I’ve become a geisha to the evil forces living inside.

History grows to crack the world in half,
Mystery speaks in tongues from an ancient past,
Grab that needle and fill my vains;
I’m tired of living my life in chains
God why can’t you hear me call your name?

Just put a leash on me
and in this bondage I’ll be free
Or evil roots will choke the tree
the Christ once planted in my heart so long ago
Religion and philosophy
and knowledge lost their hold on me.
I take these pills and watch my pupils grow…

But God’s not dead so I’m not ready to go.

Life is a black hole and so are you.
Following a vacant mirage in search of the truth.
Take a look into my heart
and you will see just what the evil can do.

History grows to crack the world in half
Mystery speaks in tongues from an ancient past
kamikaze thoughts running through my head
I would kill myself but I’m already dead
I’m dead to the world that I once sought to claim.

Just put a leash on me
and in this bondage I’ll be free
(put a leash on me)
I open my eyes just to see,
the life’s much darker than the one I thought I had
tie my hands and lay me down
bury me deep in the ground,
the future just ain’t what it used to be…

But God’s not dead and you’re just a geisha to me.