Closer

If only there were time could we ever understand
Could there be a life beyond what we’re living?
If you could take apart the universe and hold her in your hands
Would you cherish every moment she was giving?

And I’m feeling closer every day

Tear yourself from who you are and open up your soul
To the many paths that surely soon will follow
If you can touch the groundless ground, you can breathe an empty sky
You can trace a hopeful look within your shadow

And I’m feeling closer every day

Downtown with my head in the clouds
I want to fall in love, I want to give in to ecstasy

How do we know that what we hear and what we say is the truth
What keeps the lion from the lamb?
How in the world do we face the right direction unsure
of who we are and where we stand

Downtown with my head in the clouds
Where the living is smooth I’m just waiting for miracles
Downtown where my ego is proud
Consuming bliss in the malls of America

It’s nothing really magical, no paradox sublime
It’s much more simple than we ever could imagine
That when you trust in no one but yourself you will never cease to shine
From your heart will arise all compassion

And I see it closer every day
And I see it closer every day

John Andrew Suchocki
December 2004