Lying down beneath the stars
Alone at last, I rest
Feeling right, feels good, but being right is best

Upshooting stars have their effect
Perfect things left lain
Oft our hands are held as perfect as our sleep

Heavy hearts come hold our hands
Took at last to understand that light and dark are rust
And all the rest is dust

If we can't, it's understood that we never could
The stars still helped when we fell
Would our hands do what they should

What they turn from green to brown
As any child would tell
What makes the sound
What shakes the ground
It is the greatest

Heavy hearts come hold our hands
The planets help you understand
Light and dark are on and off
And all thats' left is us




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    when i listen to this song i imagine the singer on one of those stargazing nights -- he thinks to himself about the universe and life

    eventually he concludes for himself that "light and dark are on and off" (or the earth is light, filled with life, and dark is the universe, not with life). "and all that is left is us"

    "what turn to green to brown" suggests death, and even kids know that "what makes the ground... greatest", obviously us humans. we are cursed with consciousness, but it also makes us the greatest over all other organisms.

    trypticsoyagaron March 09, 2009   Link

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