When Time is Out of Mind

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We’re in this together
When time is out of mind
Past the ancient curtains
To the mountains where the rams and lions climb

We’re in this forever
Who knows what we’ll find
Sailing through the dust clouds
Through the countrysides and circus lights of time

We’re in this together
Starting up the band
Lord knows how we’re tethered
To the creatures in the water and on the land

We’re in this forever
With the dreams and angels’ signs
Like the sunken cities
Sleeping with the mermaids in the brine

We’re the silent movies
Flickering on the screen
Trace the dusklight backwards
To the brightest film projector that you’ve ever seen

All the words I’ve tasted
Bouncing off my tongue
Can’t describe the places I’ve been stumbling towards
Or the places where I’m from

We’re in this together
When time is out of mind

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2 Responses to “When Time is Out of Mind”

  1. January 7th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
    Craig says:

    Ben,

    I really like this song. You do good work under a deadline. I’m looking forward to the next one.

  2. January 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
    Ben says:

    thanks, buddy.

    Truth be known, this song is actually a recycling of a song that I started writing about a year ago. I had a hard time last week coming up with anything, and I was looking back through my notebook and found the beginnings of these lyrics. So I tweaked them and “finished” them as much as I could for the song for this week.

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