Step By Step - Oliver Hart

See it was September 1st, 1999, the day of my death

My back was on the cold concrete as I took my last breath

I saw my body laying on the ground as my soul hovered above me

Damn Eyedea, you was a good looking cat

But anyway, another day at eighteen years of age

Step into heaven’s gate anxious to see what God got to say

Maybe he’ll give me a gift for always saying my prayers

But he might send me downstairs for last year’s love affair

Well, who cares

You know, right now it’s all a mystery

I mean, I’ll find out when I get there

Until then I can’t let it get to me

I’m keeping my cool, besides, everybody dies

I’ll just follow the white light like the do in the movies

It seems like hours went by and I’m still traveling right towards the brightness

Now this ain’t heaven or hell, this realm is lifeless

And I hate to say it but this wild goose chase had me bored

No directions, no clues, and no *idea* what I was in for

But then forward I kept floating

And then a quick flash;

the lights split directly in half

And created a forked path

Representing each side was an angel

«Now what’s the task I have to untangle to meet the big man in charge?»

I ask

And the one on the right of me says

«One of us always lies, and the other one always tells the truth

Ask the right one the right question, and he’ll direct you to heaven

But if you ask the wrong one son, farewell you’re going straight to»

Well, y’all get the picture

The one on my left told me not to listen to his fibs

He said, «it ain’t that complicated to find out where God lives»

He told me to follow his path and tell God he said hi

Then the one on my right jumped in and told me not to believe his lies

And I’m like Jesus fucking Christ, I didn’t care much for life

But I’ve tried to stay alive forever, if I knew this is what death was like

I was never good at problem solving, especially in emergencies

I get a tad bit nervous when concerned with burning for eternity

But anyways, I asked them which one lied, and they pointed at each other

And thinking I had it, I asked the name of my mother

One said he don’t know, the other said he know but he can’t tell me

Goddamn this is gonna be hard

So I asked like thirty questions and I still wasn’t sure

But being me I got pissed and gave those pricks a few good words

Frustrated with it all

I turned my back to the angels and when I walked away

To my surprise

I found myself in heaven

Ya know I’m saying

Kinda just turned around from the whole situation

Rejecting everything that was going on

That’s how I walked into heaven

I walked away, walked away, walked straight into heaven

I walked away, walked away, walked straight into heaven