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A voice whispers dig a little deeper No time to be a sleeper You are a secret keeper **** the sheep herder Or the mad hoarder There is something to be found Deeper, deeper, down, down And the ground opens up And the sound throws up And the liars show up to shut up And the thoughts runs on To places where they don’t belong And I ever the fool follow them Drowning in my own idealism Forgetting and recalling realism Knowing that cynicism Is usually closer to the truth I follow that dark river Cause that is what I am driven to do Past the fake fair and balanced news Past the Preachers and politicians Past the cops, judges, and lawyers Back to science and philosophy Through literature and history Till the discord in me finds some peace And I fold my cold self Into blankets of new and old truths Even then my inner friend Says digger a little deeper So I try to
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Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015 at 12:42 PM UTC
Dig A Little Deeper
A voice whispers dig a little deeper No time to be a sleeper You are a secret keeper **** the sheep herder Or the mad hoarder There is something to be found Deeper, deeper, down, down And the ground opens up And the sound throws up And the liars show up to shut up And the thoughts runs on To places where they don’t belong And I ever the fool follow them Drowning in my own idealism Forgetting and recalling realism Knowing that cynicism Is usually closer to the truth I follow that dark river Cause that is what I am driven to do Past the fake fair and balanced news Past the Preachers and politicians Past the cops, judges, and lawyers Back to science and philosophy Through literature and history Till the discord in me finds some peace And I fold my cold self Into blankets of new and old truths Even then my inner friend Says digger a little deeper So I try to
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Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015 at 12:42 PM UTC
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