Oud En Nieuw

from Differences As Light

It's the turn of the year and we're taking stock
Of life behind
The promises of times to come
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Thoughts of roughest diamond
Break the daily grind
Shining out a challenge that can
Strike you blind
Spinning out of balance they can
Strike you blind

Set them free
Let them go
See what they find
Set them free
Let them go
And they hypnotise

Setting them free
Letting them go
Seeing what you'll find
Setting them free
Letting them go
They crystallise

Lighter than air they drift away
On silent glides
And who can know the currents on which
They may ride
Feel the heart ascending as we
Watch them climb
All bound to fall back down to earth
In their good time

Each a fragment of a greater whole
Like Chinese lanterns without our control
Sail away into the atmosphere
Who can trace the course of coming years?
Who can sway the thoughts of the coming years?

Now spiralling down
To flicker and die
But deep in your soul
The fire's still alive