Space is timeless but our lives here on earth are measured by the clock or hourglass. I wrote this song while I was in a metaphysical mood late one evening.
I am sharing it here in tribute to The Apollo 11 Astronauts and the first landing of man on the moon on July 20th 1969.
The lyrics are as follows. Give it a listen and tell me what you think.
Hourglass
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I feel the hour is near and the moon has slipped away
The early dawn will light the pad in nightfall’s last embrace
Timeless secrets are locked into the stars
Mysteries forever past I will go that far
Will our race go on reaching out through space
The sands of time I left behind are sifting out of place
I know you’re searching I hope that you will find
The endless being that you are is born within your mind
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I’m lifting off in summer I know I’m leaving seasons
I see I’m trailing sunsets mornings just goodbye
I’m past the obligations I’m looking down on nations
I know I’m leaving all the weight I left behind
The weight I left behind
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Visions are getting clearer my eyelids slowly close
A single embryonic destiny has journeyed to my soul
At once all life began and with a cosmic burst
As galaxies of dustless gas filled the universe
From blinding speed of orbit where planets lie in row
Beyond the blue one near the sun where love was meant to grow
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I’m lifting off in summer I know I’m leaving seasons
I see I’m trailing sunset mornings just goodbye
I’m past the obligations I’m looking out on nations
I know I’m leaving all the weight I left behind
The weight of all mankind
