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The Light of a 10,000 Year Old Explosion Lyrics by Hermitofthewoods

Land of the Lotus Eaters

2013

[Spoken Word]
There is something about the smell of the air
Early in the morning
When the sun is molten gold and poured on everything
That fresh green breeze
That moves through dew drops and the leaves
And makes all the clichés come true
The squirrels are all chirping the songs that you love
And birds all nod knowingly down from above
It even seems like there’s less garbage laying in the street
It’s fucking awesome
It is affirmation, smiling faced communion with nature
It is the brink of possibility and the likelihood of failure
But will to charge in anyway
– the last deep breath before a long exhalation
Every one of us has stood in that place
With the taste of greatness on our tongues
And a halfway stupid smirk on our face
Senses filling up our defences to take on a cruel world
And maybe even make a difference
In some crude sense of the word
Those mornings come to Halifax
Over coffee and cigarettes
They come to Tehran
Over calls to prayer cast from minarets
They come to Montreal like the songs of Leonard Cohen
They come to Kinshasa like a river steadily flowing
Those mornings come to all of us at one time or another
A blinding flash of raw humanity
Dangling the rest of your life
Like some ridiculous carrot just outside your door
Leaving a vague and purple suggestion
In your depth of perception
That draws you forward step by step
You feel that fresh kiss on the tip of your nose
And in the light of a thousand year old explosion
It’s inside your bones, you know there’s no stopping
That this is a day that will not be forgotten
[Verse 1]
Where did the time go?
When did it all go astray?
Wait til the tide’s out
Write in the sand what you want to say
And let it fade away
Where do these lines go?
When did this become ok?
Wait til the light’s out
Write on the wall what you’ve got to say
And let it fade away
Where do the rhymes go?
When the songs have all been played?
Wait til they die out
Write it on their graves and let it fade away
[Chorus 1]
We choose the rules we live by with the sun in our eyes
We use the tools that we can find to try to get by
Do or die. You only get one lifetime. Etcetera
The proof is in the pale blue dot and the Crab Nebula
[Bridge]
They can never take us all
We can’t let them make us fall
They can never break us all
We can’t let them make us crawl
[Chorus 2]
So small against the universe, so large against the sky
And lost here in the universe we’re always asking why
It’s perfectly normal and perfectly irregular
The proof is in the pale blue dot and the Crab Nebula
[Verse 2]
What do I know?
It’s why we say to seize the day
Run with your heart out
With or without you it will be ok, it will be ok
Let go of the life rope
Try your best to be brave
If I don’t get out
I did it all ‘cause I love you, it will be ok, it will be ok
I want you to try, though
There might be more than one way
Every day you can start out
Do what you can - It will be ok, it will be ok
[Chorus 3]
We never need to settle, we’re better than we let us be
Better than acceptable If we can get to plant the seeds
Molecular-level we’re all together not competitors
The proof is in the pale blue dot and the Crab Nebula
Credits
Hermitofthewoods

Hermitofthewoods

About “The Light of a 10,000 Year Old Explosion” by Hermitofthewoods

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