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The Burden of Knowing

from The Signal by Jim Griffin

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lyrics

The Burden of Knowing

This signal
And all of its problems
I had them worked out
On the night that you called

But even the breeze
As you walked
Through the door
Disturbing my papers
Clouding my thoughts

You brought me something
That you know I never had
The power to forget
Was the irresistible gift
That you were bringing to me

I couldn’t know
How could I know?
The answer was already here
Standing there right in front of me

A life’s work discarded
Machinery spoiled
My studies abandoned
To lassitude and dissolution

Sating at last
My deepest desires
And I couldn’t care if the
World outside was burning

I was just grateful to you
For taking from me
This burden of knowing
The irrefutable proof
That there was

Something out there
Something beyond
Someone unseen
Playing this role in my life

Deceive a Titan
And he’ll swallow a stone
Bring forth the galaxy
I’ll call it my own

A bolt of lightning
You blinded my eyes
As I was looking
To the skies

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from The Signal, released November 6, 2020
Saxophone Solo by Robbie Costelloe

Signals beamed in by:
Robin Parmar, Grey Malkin and David Colohan

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