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The Forever Lament

Verse

living in symbols, can't see the truth, forever consigned to moving in mists.
hidden beneath us, just beyond reach, since the foundation of the world

the truth would destroy us, it's a zero sum game, animal conscious works in mysterious ways
original veil forged in brumal stillness, drifting amidst us throughout the ages
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from the dim smoky flicker, of the first night time fire, a blind spot in our vision
to the erudite light, of the democratic age, a poetic distraction

constructing laws from veils, we have been walking sonambulent, for millenia (ages)
we wonder is Cosette lost to history, among the cyclic epochs of men

Bridge

the past is still here, the smoky confusion
when our thoughts and our dreams drift together
we follow the outline of the lituus in the sky
the cinerary urn behind us in shadow
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ignoring the sword leaning on the fasces
we read the language of our time
discoursing within the labyrinth of custom
is there no balance to be had, on the human scale

Chorus

this is the forever lament
we know not why we do
this is the forever lament
this is the forever lament
we know not what we do
this is the forever lament