globe lamp

[lyrics by Andrew Buller, tune by suno.com - created in Canterbury, Kent - 27/10/24] [short instrumental] o o o o o o o o I've got the whole world in my hands [short instrumental] at seven, I was given, a globe lamp I could illuminate the seas, and the lands with light every country, a different colour every continent, a possibility every river, uncertain every face behind a curtain [short instrumental] I spun it, and I spun it and felt so empowered as if I, could control the seas, and their reach I traced the lands, and their coastlines drew new borders with the smear of a finger and an innocent smile [short instrumental] in the walk of two fingers I could travel the earth no need of their planes or defined place of birth a cinematic tour with its magnifying glass indigenous species and snakes in the grass [short instrumental] tectonic movements were mine for the making volcanic lava at the flick of the red button cyclones, anticyclones controlling the weather sun days and snow days whenever I'd want [instrumental] at eight, I was told, to turn it off stop reading stop dreaming and go to sleep [instrumental] and today, there is over an inch of dust no vision - division suspicion - mistrust I plug in - turn on no light - bulb blown world deserted no one home [short instrumental] and as I look closer two halves, only ever glued together prising apart [short instrumental] o o o o o o o o I've seen the whole world slip through my hands