He carries a lantern for something that can't be found,
Will you search with him?
And the other's removing the horizon,
Will your sky fall in?
Maybe not.
Don't fear to want and do not fear to fail –
Trust your gut instinct.
Have you found the joy in the creative,
The compass within?
Maybe not.
We flash on and on in the blink of an eye,
Ignore the destination, then wither and die.
How would you feel if I was to state
Your life's to be repeated and can't deviate?
Eternal recurrence so you flash on and on,
Surveilled by a distant pantheon,
A story to which we are interred.
Ignore your lot and follow the herd.
Or forget your titles and your ego,
Man is but an embryo,
Step beyond the hamster wheel,
Why should life be concealed?
Man is but a setting sun
When each day's a race to run.
Leave the things of which we're fond,
Look from this and see beyond.
The madness can easily be swallowed
When there's so many people to follow.
The world is a place on which we feed,
Follow your eyes and live by greed.
Or cast aside the heavy yoke,
The spirit is a fire to stoke,
Man and things can live apart,
Ignore the padding, follow your heart.
Knowing how small we are
Can make the spirit greater.
Look beyond what you've been sent,
Greatness is benevolence.
And though the heavens did not change,
There was revolution in
Knowing the earth wasn't fixed and
Knowing the misunderstanding
The Earth and stars were then moved.
From the Earth to the stars.
Per ardua ad astra.
Is consciousness a curse
And is virtue a virtue if it does you harm?
Politics is not truth but believing,
Should we then tune out?
And is it madness to save a horse from flogging?
Maybe not.
And though the heavens did not change,
There was revolution in
The battle between hearts and minds,
The conflict between soul and ego,
The Earth and stars were then moved.
E pur si muove -
And yet it moves.
Per ardua ad astra.
