There’s no side to side,
Or back and forth, or up and down.
No me, or you, or light,
Or touch, or taste or sound.
No sky, or ground, or sun,
Or stars, or moon, or earth.
No suffering, no joy,
No life, no death, no birth.
There’s a side to side,
A back and forth, and up and down.
A me, a you, some light,
And touch, and taste, and sound.
A sky, the ground, the sun,
The stars, the moon, and earth.
Suffering, and joy,
And life, and death, and birth.
Nothing here exists,
But all things have their existence still.
All things are not tangable,
But still are not illusional.
Are completely beyond anything,
Like a simple truth, or simple lie.
So a belly laugh will do,
Just as well as any tear filled eye.
credits
from Illusion,
released June 21, 2008
Words and Music • Nicholas Breeze Wood
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