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The Romance of the Telescope Lyrics
See these arms that were broken
How they held you so
Never once did they fail you
They won't let you go
We're just waiting, looking skyward
As the days come down
Someone promised there'd be answers
If we stayed around
Over decades, now this romance
Has sustained us all
Never questioned, only giving
What it made us for
How they held you so
Never once did they fail you
They won't let you go
As the days come down
Someone promised there'd be answers
If we stayed around
Has sustained us all
Never questioned, only giving
What it made us for
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Heartbreak as direct as it comes. The concilliatory beat and chord give wings to the pain. These broken arms, they won't let you go. Can't you hear it? Over decades now the romance has sustained us all. There will be answers. There must be. So rarely did it question itself, so often did it question who we were becoming through it. So many times we were left with an understanding of the circumstances that brought us here, but not closer to truth, or beauty. You want the latter. I wanted the conditions in which beauty and truth could take hold of you. But you won that fight.
Heartbreak as direct as it comes. The concilliatory beat and chord give wings to the pain. These broken arms, they won't let you go. Can't you hear it? Over decades now the romance has sustained us all. There will be answers. There must be. So rarely did it question itself, so often did it question who we were becoming through it. So many times we were left with an understanding of the circumstances that brought us here, but not closer to truth, or beauty. You want the latter. I wanted the conditions in which beauty and truth could take hold of you. But you won that fight.
Beautiful song! And even though I am an atheist, I detect a Christian, religious undertone to the lyrics.
It's all very comforting. And though I don't buy into any of it, I can appreciate the beauty of it.