Vanishing Lessons

<br>Silently vanishing, then reappearing<br>Slipping away for a while<br>Start dematerializing before your eyes<br>Always a step from our grasp<br><br>At the turn of the century<br>Lived a Mr. Houdini<br>Shrouded in a mystery<br>He fooled all humanity<br><br>Why is it a mystery<br>The very thing that seems to me<br>Explains itself so easily<br>The love of wealth brings misery<br><br>Things we acquire means fuel for the fire<br>The feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawn<br>Things we acquire means fuel for the fire<br>The feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawn<br><br>Chinese water torture cell<br>And metamorphosis<br>Jail escapes, buried alive<br>Walking through a solid wall<br><br>Suicide among the rich<br>Defies the laws of reason which<br>Tells us those who have it all<br>Must often answer to death`s call<br><br>Things we acquire means fuel for the fire<br>The feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawn<br>Dollars for happiness, that`s what the world tells us<br>Pour all yourself in the pursuit of wealth<br><br>Things we acquire means fuel for the fire<br>The feeling is gone, then our soul we will pawn<br>Dollars for happiness, that`s what the world tells us<br>Pour all yourself in the pursuit of wealth<br><br>&quot;There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless<br>which cannot be touched without emotion. Even<br>with the utterly lost to whom life and death are<br>equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can<br>be made&quot;<br><br>Ever since I was a boy<br>I have always kept your laws<br>Now I want to follow you<br>Join you in your noble cause<br>Jesus turned to him and said<br>Sell all you have, give to the poor<br>The rich your ruler hung his head<br>Not to follow, walked instead