Words and Music © 2004 Jeffrey L. Sponsler
Thalia:
this Harmonauts had spent his whole life studying
behaviors of subspecies of humanity
objective observations here
recorded in a song:
Neolithos:
1
I have come from a world
a world not well known
and the people who live
there - they have a way
2
yet I lived in that place
for ten years or more
and I’ve authored a book
on its anthropology
Chorus:
they were loners
on a world with a million loners
and they were humans like you
except they had a Law
3
I learned of their lives
I heard their history
their ancestral fears
you know they had seen war
4
the pain that is there
a question - a hundred answers-
and so to keep peace
solution of geometry
Chorus:
they were loners
in a world with a million other loners
and they could not relate
no parlays - not ever a word
this was their chance
to put war in a grave
no heated exchange
no intellectual slaves
I’m a loner
in a room with thousand other loners
we can learn quite a lot
from distant foreign tribes
4
their ancients had seen
the competitive scheme
like rats in a cage
you automatically rage
5
the Law said no clans
that is larger than one
that was a promise indeed
no anger and no war
Chorus:
they were loners
meditation will bring the trance
they were completely consumed
in the silent mating dance
Instrumental Break
6
ok so now I’m alone
I reject the world
does the world reject me
disappointing but true
7
no turning back
I feel the distances increase
the air becomes thin
will I continue to breathe?
Chorus
I’m a loner
in a city with a million loners
the planet calls me home
and the stress I leave behind
now is my chance
to attain the next sphere
and into the trance
no more sadness and tears
I’m a loner
in a city with a million loners
the planet calls me home
and the stress I leave behind
now is my chance
to attain the next sphere
and into the trance
no more sadness and tears
you’re the loners
can't believe that it’s any other way
don't try to fool yourselves
go solo today
Instrumental finale