Patterns all around you
Patterns everywhere
Patterns of behavior
Sometimes seem unfair
Can you recognize the patterns that you find?

Patterns unfamiliar
Patterns lead you through (to)
Patterns of discovery
Tracing out the clues
Can you recognize the patterns that you find?
Stuck in your mind

In this land where stability is hard to find
You can rearrange the patterns so unkind
Don't bother asking why a pattern never cries
Old patterns never die they just go on and on

Patterns multiplying
Re-direct our view
Endless variations
Make it all seem new


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Patterns Lyrics as written by Mark Allen Mothersbaugh Gerald Casale

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    its very deep. i never really sat down and thought about what a devo lyric meant until now. i love them. they rock my life.

    wevegotiton October 14, 2005   Link
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    I think it says alot of finding ones self, in a sense. We are stuck in this perpetual pattern of conformity. When they say "in this land where stability is hard to find" I think it has alot to do with saying "f*ck it" and doing what you want to do. Ya know? Don't fall into the same patterns as everyone else.

    House_Of_Dollson May 06, 2010   Link

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