Jun 28 2008
“Every Thousand Years” by Rodney Rawlings | The Rational Argumentator
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Every Thousand Years
Rodney Rawlings
Issue CLXV - June 28, 2008
“Every Thousand Years” by Rodney Rawlings is a song about the future and looking forward to changes that will improve our lives. Length: 2:29
URL for download:
http://rationalargumentator.com/Rawlings_Every_Thousand_Years.mp3
Lyrics by Mr. Rawlings:
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All the cynics keep assuring us there can be nothing new beneath the sun,
And what’s the use
Hoping that the dark
Sky above us clears?
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Just when bright solutions stir to life, the masses move to kill them, every one.
So we remain
Shackled to the past,
Nothing new appears.
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Only let your vision climb
Toward the longer spans of time,
You’ll see that change
Seems to come about
EVERY THOUSAND YEARS.
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So, my friend, you should be confident that if you let the present have its run
And listen hard,
Maybe you’ll perceive
Music of the spheres.
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What is that I hear you saying now, that you would rather hear the future’s won?
Well, it’s a great
Day, then, if you do,
And I’ll be right
By the side of you—
The hour is late,
Changes are too few
EVERY THOUSAND YEARS.
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Rodney Rawlings is a Toronto writer and composer/songwriter. He recently arrived at the concept of hypercomplex numbers independently, using Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism to guide him.
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