Close To Nature

from Cold War Night Life by Rational Youth

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CLOSE TO NATURE

I walked a path through a notion of time
Like a particle of dust in a small beam of light
Where a shape is not a shape the world is just a dream
Close to nature

I left a trace where a world lived and died
A message out of time like a pure wave of motion
And all that moves is still
Close to nature

The unity of things is the essence of truth
Though some would try to rule the universe by force
But I prefer to stay
Close to nature

I feel the pain like a thousand knives
A cancer in the soul, I am consumed
The more I try to walk
Close to nature

A flash of light, the sky erupting
My eyes are burned
I cannot bear to see the awful power
Close to nature

This is the end of the beginning
This is the death of life
And all that once did live
Close to nature

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from Cold War Night Life, released December 6, 2019
Written by Tracy Howe and Bill Vorn (Third Side Music). Produced by Pat Deserio.

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