its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I don't understand why we do what we do to each other
According to His Word, we're all born sisters and brothers
But we lie and we steal
Fight and we kill
Even though we know the way
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close to loving each other and then
We go dancin' in circles again
All through the ages we've tried to share this world together
We turning the pages
Pretending we'll live here forever
We'll come to face our Maker someday
And we'll put his stone on the way
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close to loving each other and then
We go dancin' in circles again
We know how so why can't we just get along
And I pray someday we'll overcome
All the damage we've done
And we'll find
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close
So close to living His lamb
Loving each other like sisters and brothers and then
We go dancin' in circles again
Oh, yeah
According to His Word, we're all born sisters and brothers
But we lie and we steal
Fight and we kill
Even though we know the way
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close to loving each other and then
We go dancin' in circles again
All through the ages we've tried to share this world together
We turning the pages
Pretending we'll live here forever
We'll come to face our Maker someday
And we'll put his stone on the way
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close to loving each other and then
We go dancin' in circles again
We know how so why can't we just get along
And I pray someday we'll overcome
All the damage we've done
And we'll find
Why do we go dancin' in circles?
When we know it never ends
We come so close
So close to living His lamb
Loving each other like sisters and brothers and then
We go dancin' in circles again
Oh, yeah
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Dancing In Circles Lyrics as written by Robert Orrall Stephen Barker-liles
Lyrics © ORRALL FIXATION MUSIC, ROCKAPOP MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Anthem Entertainment, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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im the first to comment?? thats crazy! this song is fantastic its pretty self-explanatory. to those of you who cant figure it out here you go... God has told us how to live in a ture, good way. yet for some reason we all work so hard to make each other fail which just doesnt make sense. if we know how we should do what is right. otherwise we dont go anywhere. we can walk in a giant circle, but when we connect the circle we are just back where we started. this means life is our journey. enjoy it. but dont be dumb. try to be as good of a person as you can be.. because we all end up right at the beginning with our creator. thats my view anyway.
heres a quote for all my quote junkies: there is absolutely no way to avoid change. you can sit there and cross your arms and refuse it and underneath you, the earth doesnt care and is still spinning anyway