Текст песни Steve Vai - Under It All

Lyrics by Steve Vai

The townspeople were astonished to see this massive formation that made no structural sense, but somehow seemed to be alive.
The mesmerizing stranger from the night before stood at the door with a frozen look of a perfect balance of all emotions on his face.

A pattern of turbulent shards of fire, water, and earth took form in the words above the door, and in various languages known and unknown, those words spelled out, "Under It All."

They were all cordially being invited in by the caretaker, ie: the who was the stranger from the night before.
In a bold display of disrespect, Buddy Graham broke his way through the crowd and curtly inquired,
"You're an odd one... and... Who are you?!*#@%*. And what gives you the right to be putting this thing in our town?"

As if the linearity of time dissolved around them, the face of the caretaker appeared in their single eye, and they were floated through the doors and into "Under It All."

I'm just the paint
You paint the picture
What are you seeing
What are you feeling

And all my colors
for your creating

Is your rainbow
black and blue
Or your heavens,
Golden roses

But what do you cover
with your ocean of colors

Secrets? Regrets?

Who are you
Through and through

See who you are
Deep in the core
Under the paint
Under It All

Paint me your face
And please be revealing
What are you dreaming?
What are you praying for?

(Prayers)

Pray for fortunes
Pray for love
Or the highest
Radha Soami

Or do you see that all
Is always within us all?

Deeper, look deeper

Or is there just nothing
There at all?

See who you are
Deep in the core
Under the paint
Under It All

Straight to the heart
Behind the walls
Under the paint
There's so much more
Under It All
There's so much more
Under It All

Bapu's final question before drifting into a state of transcendent ecstasy was "But Master, if everything is an illusion, then why does anything matter?" To which the master replied "It may all be an Illusion, but it's a very real illusion."