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Alex Klages - Bottom of the Sky

from Twentytwentysomething by Stephen Wordsmith

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There are things in this world, and beyond, that are bigger than we are. And there are things that are still greater than these. We will get through this...

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Nobody ever talks about the bottom of the sky, indeed
We're rather more concerned about the top
And all those things that float around the middle by and by, indeed
The sun, the clouds, the stars that jet non-step

But buried at the base beneath the black and grey and sky-blue pink
You'll find yourself a special little breed
Of those like you and me
Who live and walk and love and talk and think and thrive and fall and rise and breathe and bleed

CHORUS
Below the up above
He, she, and they, and you and I
Living in our little corner
Of the bottom of the sky

We came and saw and conquered that same moon we all sit under
Although we already live in outer space
Among the drifting particles of stuff and dreams and thunder
Parting softly with goodbyes to find their place

As children shade the edges of their art with blue and cyan
Leaving heaven hung above the chimney smoke
But they make every brushstroke from the doorstep of Orion
Where the four winds wrap the birds within their cloak

CHORUS

And by the time the bridge is crossed
The sky with worlds and stars embossed
Will hold the earth a little further on
Though we stay steady with our feet
Stood firm where Earth and Heaven meet
And earth will hold us too when we are gone

Nobody ever talks about the bottom of the sky, although
It's where all of the talkers tend to live
And though the cost of living's often talked about with fear and woe
We like it more than the alternative

CHORUS x2

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from Twentytwentysomething, released October 14, 2021
Written for February Album Writing Month 2020
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Guitar, vocals, percussion: Alex Klages
Recorded on The Brown Couch, Manitoba, Canada in 2021.

Alex Klages is a musician who loves to make fun music and to have fun making music. Alex's musical career can be followed here:
www.facebook.com/alexklagessongwriter

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