Subject:  Reincarnation

RECYCLE & REPAIR

When it comes to Evolution

They sow the seeds of doubt

But when the subject turns to God

They know Him inside out

And so they stand self-righteously

Refusing to be moved

God is not up for debate

But the Big Bang must be proved

Cue the quantum flux

And cosmic permutations

Countering the text

Of ancient incantations

chorus:

All the living left for dead - hope springs eternal still -

If a god won't resurrect us the Cosmos surely will

No fate to fear forever, no permanent despair

The Universe will rectify, recycle and repair

By way of healing recipes hatched in stewing galaxies

Pulling life out of thin air and exotic atmospheres

Religion claims monopoly

On all of resurrection

But the forces that give rise to life

Remain a burning question

Creationists insist that it's

Intelligent design

But if it's not, the matter moves

To just the work of Time

Elemental forms

Spur physical attractions

Activating bonds

Spark chemical reactions

(chorus)

bridge:

Perhaps in their own way each side is correct

And maybe in truth we are wasting our breath

Religion and science might both intersect

In no better way than transcendence of death

(chorus)

The Universe will rectify, recycle and repair

By way of secret recipes born in stewing galaxies

Breathing life out of thin air and exotic atmospheres

RANDOM RESPAWN 

Nothing special from re-start

Another player hits the mix

Reborn into this playground of contention

A glitched-out game programmed for pain

No line of code can fix

I keep my head down

Pedal onward

Let the rush of speed contort me

To a blur, frenetic purr

A streak of light

No the world doesn't play

Like the fantasies the software runs

When it's all just a blur of downturns

And undeserved outcomes

You get your share of laughs

Where you can

In this limited lifespan

Oh...

chorus:

The Universe will cycle you through

Little you can change, little you can do

To breath, to speak, to soften the blows

To be reanimated somewhere nobody knows

As a member of some future race

In a distant realm of Time and Space

We randomly respawn

We cry and carry on...

Something dead lies in the road

Cursing cars and all the dumb luck

Our end can come from any odd direction

Each life a fact born for impact

Blind-sided, stabbed or struck

I keep my eyes peeled

Pedal onward

Let the twists of Time distort me

To a smear, a trailing tear

A fading voice

You can turn tail or face

The onrushing flood of passing cars

Like the lingering shame

In a night's foray of singles bars

You give your share of sighs

Drink and grieve

Look around depressed and leave

Oh...

(chorus)

We randomly respawn

We laugh and lumber on...

THE UNIVERSE IS OUT TO FIX US UP

Took my eyes off for a second

Lost you for another trillion years

One life grants me all my hopes

The next delivers all my fears

A glimpse of you on one world

Imprinted on my gaze

Your voice vibrates through lifetimes

Like echoes in a maze

A brief affair on a busy planet

Lifetime alone on the next

Two lost souls en route to where

Our existence redirects

Was I one of your many suitors

Rejected in your last life?

Did you, a ghostly face in the crowd,

Long in vain to be my wife?

chorus 1:

We can scorn each other

Squander sweeps of time

Taunt or toy with dreams -

Defying all design

We can dodge our destiny

Summon all our strength to let it be

We can sit content with our empty cup

But the Universe is out to fix us up

In one life we were close classmates

And we never even knew

The next life you were standing right there

To slip right past my view

Another time showed growing promise

But our tempers proved a wall

You reappeared not three lives later

With no eyes for me at all

Next we resumed it was love at first sight

On some cratered war-torn moon

But in the debris of a mushroom cloud

It was over much too soon

Are we the now divided souls

Of a long lost former romance?

Each life a quest to reunite

Against the twists of circumstance?

chorus 2:

We can mock the notion -

Deplore the prospect -

But the right lifetime

Our eyes connect

The floodgates of love are breached

The singularity of presence reached

A spirit can stir in the coldest cup

And the Universe is out to fix us up

bridge:

Off we go on our separate quests

Wherever our being manifests

Will our rocky roads collide?

Our deepest passions coincide?

breakdown:

From a quantity of atoms

Inhabiting deep space

Who knew such lonely stardust

Would one day form your face?

From a pattern of genetics

As complex as the weather

Who knew we would assemble

To stand here now together?

(chorus 1+2)

LIFE LINES

Everything has significance

Everyone has reason to live

Every day its ups and downs

Every choice an alternative

 If God and I could now converse

 My questions would be one

 Before there was a Universe

 From where was it begun?

chorus:

Span the spectrum of existence

Untold time, unmeasured distance

We trust new instincts and let go of old life lines

As we evolve and we decay

Into an infinite array

Exotic lifeforms

And more wondrous lifetimes

Everything has some influence

Everyone has something to give

Every door its ins and outs

Every "No" an affirmative

 If salesmen selling Paradise

 Had stopped you on the way

 Before you saw the merchandise

 Would you agree to pay?

IF ALL ELSE FAILS

Not everyone is born to win

Sometimes our fortunes say we suffer

Bear the brunt of life's indignities

With only simple joys as buffer

But if it's any consolation

I come bearing good news

And if it brings you any peace

Here's a bit of information

chorus:

If all else fails

Your life derails and goes off track

Take confidence

What put you here has got your back

If all else fails

Evil prevails and wins the day

Take comfort in

The joys of Nature will replay

If all else fails

Now don't look so incredulous

That the Universe has powers

To transcend space from dark and dead

To a sun-drenched field of flowers

But if you need some confirmation

I bid you look around

You're here and there's your evidence -

Life is all reanimation -

(chorus)

COPYRIGHT

All songs are copyright protected. The right of Michael Centra to be identified as the author of these works has been asserted by him in accordance with Copyright, Design and Patent Acts.

All rights are reserved. No part of any lyric published may be reproduced, stored or transmitted by any means without the permission of the author.