Stalemate (The Epiphanous Insomniac)
from Motion Canvas by Forging Reverie
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lyrics
All the noises we were making - Sounded so profound
Between hypnagogic laughter - And collective delirium
The vows that we are breaking - With every hint of doubt
Liberate us from our cavils - With new clarity and freedom
As I shut my eyes, awaking
From reality’s illusion
Where our dreams are built to shatter
At the hands of the empirical
Nature we forsake
In philosophical fusion
I know truth is not an answer
But a question in itself
[The sound of laughter]
It’s all so funny to me now
These silly noises
The futility of language
It all means nothing to me now
Just silly noises; empty voices
As a scientist discovers - Whatever truth she sought
Somewhere a priest is preaching miracles - Perceiving proof of God
When a philosopher finds sooth - In yet another paradox
And a lunatic finds bliss - In everything that he forgot
We’re the artists painting worlds
Between fiction and reality
And the poets writing words
Defeating diction’s own futility
Musicians harmonizing
To the chaos and cacophony
And lovers, all comprising
Purposes to life (in reverie)
[The sound of laughter]
How it all sounded so profound
Those silly noises
There is poetry in language
It all means everything somehow
In pithy choices
Every parade - Will suffer the same fate
Every charade - Discovers its own bait
Every escape - Begins with a clean slate
Every debate - Will end in stalemate
Between hypnagogic laughter - And collective delirium
The vows that we are breaking - With every hint of doubt
Liberate us from our cavils - With new clarity and freedom
As I shut my eyes, awaking
From reality’s illusion
Where our dreams are built to shatter
At the hands of the empirical
Nature we forsake
In philosophical fusion
I know truth is not an answer
But a question in itself
[The sound of laughter]
It’s all so funny to me now
These silly noises
The futility of language
It all means nothing to me now
Just silly noises; empty voices
As a scientist discovers - Whatever truth she sought
Somewhere a priest is preaching miracles - Perceiving proof of God
When a philosopher finds sooth - In yet another paradox
And a lunatic finds bliss - In everything that he forgot
We’re the artists painting worlds
Between fiction and reality
And the poets writing words
Defeating diction’s own futility
Musicians harmonizing
To the chaos and cacophony
And lovers, all comprising
Purposes to life (in reverie)
[The sound of laughter]
How it all sounded so profound
Those silly noises
There is poetry in language
It all means everything somehow
In pithy choices
Every parade - Will suffer the same fate
Every charade - Discovers its own bait
Every escape - Begins with a clean slate
Every debate - Will end in stalemate
credits
from Motion Canvas,
released October 30, 2012
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Forging Reverie New Hampshire
Forging Reverie, our passion project of eight years, unofficially crawled to a stop by early 2015 with a handful of
unfinished songs. As of yet, no tapes have been burned. : )
Where we’ve been…
Derek and Justin’s casual, guitar-gear podcast: youtube.com/@TheToneControl
Justin’s audio production studio: jaysongstudio.com
Tye’s visual design business (& someday new music): www.tyenewton.com
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