Man, I didn't want to write this song. An overwhelming majority of the time, my love and respect for the friends, family, and colleagues with whom I often fundamentally disagree is worth more than my need to tell them why I think I'm right and they're wrong. Not always, just mostly. But I didn't ask for this assignment, and I've got to honor it. I tried to be even-handed, even-tempered, and to focus on my own views rather than those of others, but I did find that the assignment was a bit rigged. Kinda like, "write about chupacabras, and it's okay to write about them, no matter what your personal beliefs about chupacabras are." But I did my best, and I hope that my Facebook friends count doesn't plummet too far tomorrow. Amen.
lyrics
I don't understand these words you speak
with voices sweet hypnotic
in the air they hang, narcotic
soft and sleek
I shake my weary head awake
and all those words just sound like clanging gongs
I slept so long
I look up at the stars and it seems
patently in view
the heavens don't need me to get along
I lived inside these stories for so long
the pain of bone and sinew
finding solace deep within you
joy in song
but once I came to stand outside
the chapel doors the siren song resolved
the spell dissolved
and if I have some wisdom it's the
wisdom to suggest
that I can't understand a single thing
so I'll keep on dancing
I'll keep on singing
and I'll keep on living on the love
my love keeps bringing
don't need no fairy tales
this life's worth living
and we can only build with the
tools that we've been given
and ain't that enough?
so you ask me of the holy and divine
the nature of a vision
the source of all division
empty shrines
but I refuse to dignify
these empty words that signify
a dream
an ancient scream
I am just a fish down at the
bottom of the sea
trying to understand a supernova's gleam
so I'll keep on dancing
I'll keep on singing
and I'll keep living on the love
my love keeps bringing
don't need no fairy tales
this life's worth living
and we can only build with the
tools that we've been given
and ain't that enough?
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