Approaching the unknowable

approaching the unknowable (mp3)

Lyrics

lo! the unknowable approaches
it holds no discernible form
and our science is as our songs are
a useful metaphor

and we humans we look for patterns
patterns for that's our flaw
we're flawed in that we're fragments
of continuous irreducible infinite beautiful phenomena

and though we've named apoptosis and named the graviton
and we claim to know what folded time is
in truth all metaphors are wrong

and perhaps we're all awaiting judgement or perhaps we will repeat
perhaps we will be raptured, perhaps we'll simply cease
perhaps whatever happens
will be continuous irreducible infinite beautiful phenomena

Music

Chords

capo on the second fret. guitar chords are in weird voicing which i'll set down later i promise...

Structure

verse pre-chorus chorus verse pre-chorus chorus

Songwriter Notes

custom song #7! robert's questions...

Why do cells die?
What is space-time? If there is a force (gravity) that causes an object to move towards another when within its gravitational field, what  elements/particles are responsible for exerting this force?
Do you believe in hell? An afterlife? If so, any thoughts on what they're like?

Conorl 21:56, 17 August 2009 (PDT)