Panta Rhei
๐ต 1280 characters
โฑ๏ธ 5:24 duration
๐ ID: 594326
๐ Lyrics
To forget the law of constant change
Is like swimming against the tide
All passes, nothing remains
Yet our identity fictions abide
Here we're unable to move
Drowned in a maelstrom of pretense
Here Zeno's turtle proves
That stillness is not a lasting defense
Although we've set an internal order
To which we try to subdue others
Our Parcae are still blind
And they claim no sire but the endless night
Far upstream, the source takes shape
In a dream or an escape
Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
Finally widening to embrace
The horizon as a whole
Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
Then turning to a rushing stream
Ending in a waterfall
We see attributes and their exact inverse
Rivers are called by many names
Even if their natures seem to be diverse
Water remains to stay the same
Gently, but without a moment's respite
Drawn by the flow of time
Drop by drop, it all becomes a part
Of a future fully unknown
There's a before to everything
But nothing like a beginning
Going further onward
Is merging more with the great course
Soon downstream, in the watershed
All the rivers will coalesce
Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
Finally widening to embrace
The horizon as a whole
Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
Then turning to a rushing stream
Ending in a waterfall
Is like swimming against the tide
All passes, nothing remains
Yet our identity fictions abide
Here we're unable to move
Drowned in a maelstrom of pretense
Here Zeno's turtle proves
That stillness is not a lasting defense
Although we've set an internal order
To which we try to subdue others
Our Parcae are still blind
And they claim no sire but the endless night
Far upstream, the source takes shape
In a dream or an escape
Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
Finally widening to embrace
The horizon as a whole
Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
Then turning to a rushing stream
Ending in a waterfall
We see attributes and their exact inverse
Rivers are called by many names
Even if their natures seem to be diverse
Water remains to stay the same
Gently, but without a moment's respite
Drawn by the flow of time
Drop by drop, it all becomes a part
Of a future fully unknown
There's a before to everything
But nothing like a beginning
Going further onward
Is merging more with the great course
Soon downstream, in the watershed
All the rivers will coalesce
Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
Finally widening to embrace
The horizon as a whole
Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
Then turning to a rushing stream
Ending in a waterfall
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:20.60] To forget the law of constant change
[00:25.09] Is like swimming against the tide
[00:29.95] All passes, nothing remains
[00:33.88] Yet our identity fictions abide
[00:41.19] Here we're unable to move
[00:44.66] Drowned in a maelstrom of pretense
[00:50.34] Here Zeno's turtle proves
[00:55.65] That stillness is not a lasting defense
[01:02.24] Although we've set an internal order
[01:06.14] To which we try to subdue others
[01:08.78] Our Parcae are still blind
[01:12.25] And they claim no sire but the endless night
[01:21.82] Far upstream, the source takes shape
[01:27.57] In a dream or an escape
[01:35.97]
[01:42.12] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
[01:44.23] Finally widening to embrace
[01:46.64] The horizon as a whole
[01:52.07] Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
[01:54.38] Then turning to a rushing stream
[01:56.89] Ending in a waterfall
[02:01.46]
[02:12.99] We see attributes and their exact inverse
[02:18.42] Rivers are called by many names
[02:23.23] Even if their natures seem to be diverse
[02:28.28] Water remains to stay the same
[02:38.49] Gently, but without a moment's respite
[02:45.00] Drawn by the flow of time
[02:50.11] Drop by drop, it all becomes a part
[02:54.47] Of a future fully unknown
[03:00.34] There's a before to everything
[03:04.77] But nothing like a beginning
[03:10.13] Going further onward
[03:13.96] Is merging more with the great course
[04:18.06]
[04:22.25] Soon downstream, in the watershed
[04:28.98] All the rivers will coalesce
[04:43.17] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
[04:45.27] Finally widening to embrace
[04:47.67] The horizon as a whole
[04:53.06] Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
[04:55.42] Then turning to a rushing stream
[04:57.91] Ending in a waterfall
[05:02.66]
[00:25.09] Is like swimming against the tide
[00:29.95] All passes, nothing remains
[00:33.88] Yet our identity fictions abide
[00:41.19] Here we're unable to move
[00:44.66] Drowned in a maelstrom of pretense
[00:50.34] Here Zeno's turtle proves
[00:55.65] That stillness is not a lasting defense
[01:02.24] Although we've set an internal order
[01:06.14] To which we try to subdue others
[01:08.78] Our Parcae are still blind
[01:12.25] And they claim no sire but the endless night
[01:21.82] Far upstream, the source takes shape
[01:27.57] In a dream or an escape
[01:35.97]
[01:42.12] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
[01:44.23] Finally widening to embrace
[01:46.64] The horizon as a whole
[01:52.07] Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
[01:54.38] Then turning to a rushing stream
[01:56.89] Ending in a waterfall
[02:01.46]
[02:12.99] We see attributes and their exact inverse
[02:18.42] Rivers are called by many names
[02:23.23] Even if their natures seem to be diverse
[02:28.28] Water remains to stay the same
[02:38.49] Gently, but without a moment's respite
[02:45.00] Drawn by the flow of time
[02:50.11] Drop by drop, it all becomes a part
[02:54.47] Of a future fully unknown
[03:00.34] There's a before to everything
[03:04.77] But nothing like a beginning
[03:10.13] Going further onward
[03:13.96] Is merging more with the great course
[04:18.06]
[04:22.25] Soon downstream, in the watershed
[04:28.98] All the rivers will coalesce
[04:43.17] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze
[04:45.27] Finally widening to embrace
[04:47.67] The horizon as a whole
[04:53.06] Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam
[04:55.42] Then turning to a rushing stream
[04:57.91] Ending in a waterfall
[05:02.66]