When The World Was Round

Have you noticed it? In the last 5 or so years there's been a shift in the basic rules of human decency. Kindness, compassion, common sense, responsibility, integrity, honesty . . . where'd they go? Ian sees it.

There's a paradigm shift parallel to the shift that occured (metaphorically, perhaps) when it became clear that the world was not flat and the universe did not revolve around the earth. When man's basic truths change, when our model for the primal forces of nature is shattered, what are we left with to navigate?

Stunning song. Gut wrenching to the point of bringing me to my knees.

Remember the kids in the playground avoiding the bullies each day Timing your life to the monsters, the monsters that won't go away When you win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice So you choose one, what have you done?

Everybody lies, we're stuck in the middle I think I liked it better when the world was round There's too much information, not enough to go on I think I liked it better when the world was round.

Now that we're older and wiser, now we've got kids of our own Timing their lives to the monsters but the monsters won't leave them alone You win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice But it's got to be done, yeah, it's got to be done.

'Cause everybody lies, we're stuck in the middle I think I liked it better when the world was round There's too much information but not enough to go on I think I liked it better when the world was round;

I don't want to put you off it, I don't want to put you off it But I think I liked it better when the world was round And I wish that I could change it, yes I wish that I could change it Think I liked it better when the world was round.

Is it my imagination? When I look back through the ages? Is it my imagination? Yeah.

Well, you win some, you lose some, you only got two shots So you take one, what have you done?

'Cause everybody lies, we're stuck in the middle I think I liked it better when the world was round And I don't think we deserve this, no I don't think we deserve this I think I liked it better when the world was round Give me a reason to believe in, give me a reason to believe in I think I liked it better when the world was round Maybe we can make it better, maybe we can make it better I think I liked it better when the world was round When the world was round, when the world was round I think I liked it better when the world was round When the world was round, when the world was round

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Hi. It's me, artmaven, SM member since something like 2006, trusted member for nearly as long. Love the site. I submitted these lyrics, apparently in 2010. Damn, that was a lifetime ago yet, feels like yesterday. No clue whether something happened since that time but the lyrics were incomplete when I came here, today, to share them with a friend. I don't remember submitting them in an incomplete form. I am fairly certain that I would have given serious attention to what I was doing with the lyrics of such an important tune. Then again, November 30, 2010 was a horrendously stressful time which is why I submitted the lyrics. Think of it as SM stress-therapy. Today's therapy session includes correcting the lyrics so they include all of the lyrics. Thanks for your time. ~artmaven

After submitting the above correction, I received a message that the revision would be submitted to the copyright owner for approval and then discovered the following Lyric Revision Status:

Recent Lyric Revisions Status Submitted artmaven May 03rd, 2016 artmaven May 03rd, 2016 artmaven January 01st, 2013 artmaven November 30, 2010 Original

Since it has been three years since I last attempted to correct the lyrics and nothing has changed, I thought it acceptable to make the correction, here, in the comments. I miss the old SM and my Trusted Member status. I think I liked it better when the world was round. Indeed.