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I Understand It Lyrics
Mountains wouldn't part for me
they have no uncertainty
I'm just a passing emotion
just hoping they take notice
And you are an opportunity
without an opportunity
another passing emotion
and hope that someone will take notice
And did I hear you sing
that we exist without existing
or did I hear you sing
that we'll land where we begin
I understand it but I don't show it
so I won't think it
and maybe we'll be there
maybe we will be there
I understand it but I don't show it
so I won't think it
and maybe we'll be there
maybe one day we will be there
I thought I heard you say
that I must be dissappearing
but I'm sure I heard you sing
we won't begin
you have no sense in emptiness
will you try a little harder
you have no sense in emptiness
will you try, try, try a little harder
they have no uncertainty
I'm just a passing emotion
just hoping they take notice
without an opportunity
another passing emotion
and hope that someone will take notice
that we exist without existing
or did I hear you sing
that we'll land where we begin
so I won't think it
and maybe we'll be there
maybe we will be there
so I won't think it
and maybe we'll be there
maybe one day we will be there
that I must be dissappearing
but I'm sure I heard you sing
we won't begin
will you try a little harder
you have no sense in emptiness
will you try, try, try a little harder
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"I understand it but I don't show it" This is the line I identify most with right now.
This song is full of the reasoning common to Zen/Buddhist thinking: "We exist without existing" and "I understand it but I don't show it / so I won't think it"
There's a call to be vigilant at the end that is very striking: "you have no sense in emptiness / will you try a little harder" Coupled with the swelling of the music, this seems to be the real point of the song... to "be there" or Be Here Now, as Ram Dass would say.
I love this song!
sounds a bit like a "in love with a friend and he doesn't love me back" situation. or maybe that's just because i'm in one at the moment. it does make sense though: "And you are an opportunity / without an opportunity" & "maybe one day we will be there" etc etc.