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Standing close factors beyond the old yesteryear
embrace the sun with the rivals of life
Man, being both friend and foe to the atmosphere,
brings forth the fruits but in doing so dies
Shepherding inner worlds beyond the storming swirls
nonsense and worse argue men of the age
But on the other hand, theory will never stand
when all the facts have simply displayed
drifting down toward the surface
liquids, pool and flow
enormous oceans
‘neath a blueberry shroud
a world of ephemeral mystery
“Is this how it is?”
I wonder aloud
Dust that is lifted up out of the rings become
revealing structures that steer middle course
I listened carefully diverse but graphically
of simple escape to ships from the north
Icy hole in the ground,
bounced, slid, and wobbled round.
disappeared over the highland ravines
carved by the liquid light
solar winds whip the night
magnetic fields
That are felt but not be seen.
Carry us onward
To our home
©2019 Lance Harrison
This song was one of the longest to write that I ever did. The first verse was written for a poetry party thrown by Micael Nott and Betsy Bergan back when we were all working at Buntin advertising. Everyone that came needed to write a poem but it was during one of those periods that I was more musical than poetic. I picked up a science magazine and started pulling random phrases from an article about Saturn. I threw in a few other phrases that came to mind and voila! I had my poem! Everybody really liked it so, I thought I should make a song out of it. But it sat for years and years without any progress. Occasionally I would pull it out and say, “I really have to finish this.”
Eventually, that day arrived while working on the album, I picked up my guitar and the melody came. Then I felt the bass line come! The last verse was a bit of a booger, but with perseverance, the words finally came.
