Song: Lao Tzu's Lament by Jim Culleny

at first I think, I’ve got it!
then I think, oh no, that’s not it
I think, it’s more like a flaming arrow
shot into the marrow
of the bony part of everything

and some summer nights
it’s hanging overhead so bright

then right there I lose it
I let geometry and time confuse it
then it’s silent and won’t sing a thing

and some summer nights
it’s croakin’ from a pond so right

then right there I lose it
let theology and time confuse it
then it’s silent and won’t sing a thing

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I’m thinking I’ve been here before
feet two inches off the floor
I’m thinking, is this something true?

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sometimes I think, I’ve lost it!
though I never could exhaust it
because it’s lower than low is
and wider than wide is
and it deeper than deep is
and higher than High is

but some fresh spring days
it’s cuttin’ through the fog and the haze

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I’m thinking I’ve been here before
feet two inches off the floor
I’m thinking, is this something true?