[verse] We strive outward Away Upward. We've fashioned ourselves A life in a cage. All so familiar So dreary So old. [instrumental bridge] [chorus] Not everything is reducible To matter alone Not everything is emergent From matter alone It's holographically whole It's complete [verse 2] We sense that life's meaning Waits to be found Somewhere we've yet to look. Perhaps on Mars Beneath its red soil. Yet the journey there is shorter Than the journey inward To the core Of ourselves. We're terrified That the answers might lie Deep inside. So we strive outward Away Upward. Rather than closing our eyes Even for a moment Every now and then. [instrumental bridge] [chorus] Not everything is reducible To matter alone Not everything is emergent From matter alone It's holographically whole It's complete [verse 2] We sense that life's meaning Waits to be found Somewhere we've yet to look. Perhaps on Mars Beneath its red soil. Yet the journey there is shorter Than the journey inward To the core Of ourselves. We're terrified That the answers might lie Deep inside. So we strive outward Away Upward. Rather than closing our eyes Even for a moment Every now and then. [instrumental bridge] [chorus] Not everything is reducible To matter alone Not everything is emergent From matter alone It's holographically whole It's complete [chorus] Not everything is reducible To matter alone Not everything is emergent From matter alone It's holographically whole It's complete [instrumental interlude] [end] [instrumental bridge] [end] [end]
