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61 lines
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When the ebbing tide retreats
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Along the rocky shoreline
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It leaves a trail of tidal pools
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In a short-lived galaxy
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Each microcosmic planet
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A complete society
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A simple kind mirror
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To reflect upon our own
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All the busy little creatures
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Chasing out their destinies
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Living in their pools
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They soon forget about the sea
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Wheels within wheels
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In a spiral array
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A pattern so grand and complex
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Time after time
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We lose sight of the way
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Our causes can't see their effects
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A quantum leap forward
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In time and space
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The universe learned to expand
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The mess and the magic
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Triumphant and tragic
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A mechanized world, out of hand
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Computerized clinic
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For superior cynics
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Who dance to a synthetic band
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In their own image
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Their world is fashioned
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No wonder they don't understand
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Wheels within wheels
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In a spiral array
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A pattern so grand and complex
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Time after time
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We lose sight of the way
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Our causes can't see their effects
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Science, like nature
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Must also be tamed
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With a view towards its preservation
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Given the same
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State of integrity
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It will surely serve us well
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Art as expression,
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Not as market campaigns
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Will still capture our imaginations
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Given the same
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State of integrity
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It will surely help us along
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The most endangered species
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The honest man
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Will still survive annihilation
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Forming a world
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State of integrity
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Sensitive, open and strong
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Wave after wave
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Will flow with the tide
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And bury the world as it does
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Tide after tide
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Will flow and recede
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Leaving life to go on
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As it was |