I Think, Therefore… (ALIVE in Des Moines Version) [Draft 6]

[Quiet synth arpeggio; guitar adds a short answering figure] [Spoken - Vox, clear and warm] A quick note about this song. Its doubter who discovers his own existence draws on Augustine's later writing too. In Against the Skeptics itself, he works with logic, numbers, and careful reports of what appears to us. We may not settle every question about the world, but that doesn't make every truth uncertain. One foothold can reopen the search. Here's I Think, Therefore. [Bass and drums establish the original groove] [Original song - retain its melody and lyric order] They told me nothing’s sure That thought itself can lie But here I am still thinking So tell me who am I I searched the stars I searched the scrolls I questioned all I could control But one truth burned through all the haze The thinker lives through doubt through maze Tear down the sky break every frame But I’m still here I’m not ashamed I think therefore I am A soul still standing in the jam You can mock the words I say But my own self won’t fade away I think therefore I shine Past the wreckage of the skeptic’s line They tried to bury even me In layers of uncertainty But when I doubt I still exist Their empty storm can’t cover this They burned the maps they turned the tide But truth woke up and I’m alive I think therefore I am No ghost no glitch no sleight of hand You can strip my world to flame But you can’t erase my name I think therefore I rise To pierce the veil and clear the skies If I can doubt then I can know And from that spark the fire grows They said no truth but I broke through The first flame and it burns true I think therefore I am Not just a mind but heart and hand The storm may scream the world may sway But truth inside won’t fade away I think therefore I am [Original final cadence completes; appreciative applause]