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lyrics

You have an ancient voice.
And the language you use
I will never fully understand.

You say you've made your choice
and now you'll wander upon this Earth
with nothing in your hands.

Comporting yourself
right in line with all the wind's commands.

Your lips are the peaks and the troughs
of the shifting sands.

And now I'm listening
to the prayer that your throat
and you heart have made love and birthed.

It's like some christening.
A ritual more sacred
than the largest church.

Or a miracle more common
than a clump of dirt.

Yours is a life that's lived
and died as one eternal search.

Tell me what it is you seek.
And is that message heavy or are my ears weak?

Won't you tell me what it is you found?
My heart is racing fast like some young greyhound.

Won't you tell me what it is you seek?
Been waiting on that wisdom week after week.

Won't you tell me what it is you found?
The reverberations of some ancient sound...

And it goes and it goes and it goes:

This life is happening.
And there's no where that this giant earth could go.

This life is happening.
One generation comes as another one goes.

This life is happening.
From the top of your head to the tips of your toes.

This life is happening.
One never-ending moment like some grand rainbow.

This life is happening.
And our pain ties us together like ribbons and bows.

This life is happening.
And you can change the course of rivers but you can't stop their flow.

This life is happening.
This life is happening.

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from You Are Everything or: The Art of Being Nothing in Particular, released October 8, 2013
Matthew Squires- Guitar, vocals.
Joey Reyes- Cello, harmonies
Gianni Sarmiento - Harmonies

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Matthew Squires Austin, Texas

I think, all things considered, the songs I write are much more listenable than the songs I don't write.

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