Life Substance #38 - The "Sensation of Being Bound to One Place"

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
I look at the horizon, where the sky meets the sea,
A memory of vastness is waking up in me.
But my feet are made of iron, and the earth is pulling down,
I am anchored to the limits of this little earthly town.
A spirit used to flying through the endless starry deep,
Now confined inside a body that requires food and sleep.

[Pre-Chorus]
To be here is to miss every other place I know,
To be rooted like a tree with nowhere else to go.

[Chorus]
It’s the sensation of being bound to one place!
Locked in the dimensions of time and of space.
Substance thirty-eight is the gravity I feel,
A cosmic bird trapped in a cage made of steel.
I am tied to the physical, tethered to the ground,
Waiting for the day when the chains come unbound.

[Verse 2]
The walls of my room are a boundary of clay,
I watch the sun travel, measuring the day.
I feel the heavy matter in the beating of my heart,
I am localized, divided, I am only just a part.
The universal canvas is too magnificent to hold,
When you're walking through a story where the script is getting old.

[Pre-Chorus]
To be here is to miss every other place I know,
To be rooted like a tree with nowhere else to go.

[Bridge]
I know it is a lesson, a necessary frame,
To experience the contrast, to play the mortal game.
But the soul remembers everywhere, the omnipresent flight,
While the body sits exactly here, alone into the night.

[Final Chorus]
It’s the sensation of being bound to one place!
Locked in the dimensions of time and of space.
Substance thirty-eight is the gravity I feel,
A cosmic bird trapped in a cage made of steel.
I am tied to the physical, tethered to the ground,
Waiting for the day when the chains come unbound.

[Outro]
Tethered to the ground...
Just a point upon the map.
Looking at the sky.
I am here.
Only here.

[End]

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[Intro] [Verse 1] I look at the horizon, where the sky meets the sea, A memory of vastness is waking up in me. But my feet are made of iron, and the earth is pulling down, I am anchored to the limits of this little earthly town. A spirit used to flying through the endless starry deep, Now confined inside a body that requires food and sleep. [Pre-Chorus] To be here is to miss every other place I know, To be rooted like a tree with nowhere else to go. [Chorus] It’s the sensation of being bound to one place! Locked in the dimensions of time and of space. Substance thirty-eight is the gravity I feel, A cosmic bird trapped in a cage made of steel. I am tied to the physical, tethered to the ground, Waiting for the day when the chains come unbound. [Verse 2] The walls of my room are a boundary of clay, I watch the sun travel, measuring the day. I feel the heavy matter in the beating of my heart, I am localized, divided, I am only just a part. The universal canvas is too magnificent to hold, When you're walking through a story where the script is getting old. [Pre-Chorus] To be here is to miss every other place I know, To be rooted like a tree with nowhere else to go. [Chorus] It’s the sensation of being bound to one place! Locked in the dimensions of time and of space. Substance thirty-eight is the gravity I feel, A cosmic bird trapped in a cage made of steel. I am tied to the physical, tethered to the ground, Waiting for the day when the chains come unbound. [Bridge] I know it is a lesson, a necessary frame, To experience the contrast, to play the mortal game. But the soul remembers everywhere, the omnipresent flight, While the body sits exactly here, alone into the night. [Final Chorus] It’s the sensation of being bound to one place! Locked in the dimensions of time and of space. Substance thirty-eight is the gravity I feel, A cosmic bird trapped in a cage made of steel. I am tied to the physical, tethered to the ground, Waiting for the day when the chains come unbound. [Outro] Tethered to the ground... Just a point upon the map. Looking at the sky. I am here. Only here. [End]

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