"Three Steps" Songtext
von the Microphones

Step 1:
Swim out and dive down and face the fear of
The seemingly bottomless black of underwater.
Imagine that it′s endless, but know there's a sandy bottom not far.

Step 2:
Flip around out in the water and look up,
Facing the fear of even acknowledging the true endless black,
With its bright spots and invisible black spots
Shimmering towards you, through great distances.


Step 3:
Now, the ultimate depth.
Get out of the water and go home.
Close your eyes,
Until you fall asleep and notice the thick black haze set in.
But also, see the bright spots of green shimmering out of the depth
And imagine how true and endless that abyss is,
And how there are distant invisible dreams behind the ones you can
See, and how those bright spots are still there when you
Awake; just obscured, like starlight in a blue noon sky.