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Between the Lines -> Out of the Underworld -> Sort It Out

from Over The Line by Brian O'Connell

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BETWEEN THE LINES

VERSE ONE

When we draw the line in the sand.

Between the subject and the object.

Between the mind and the world at large.

Between the self and the other.


How does one tell the two of them apart?

Where one stops and the other begins?


VERSE TWO

At what moment does food become a person?

At what point are your thoughts my ideas?

If we think about it more it is certain.

We'll find many more examples like these.


Focused on ourselves the world becomes our mirror.

We only see what we want to see.


CHORUS

It's inside, it's outside, it's behind,

It's in front of us and we barely have the time

To know of the connection between the eye and the object.

The hand and the touch.

(Instrumental chorus)


VERSE THREE

The self is born from the womb of the object. I

The mind expands across the whole universe.

Nature and nurture fight it out over dinner.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?


Round and round we go, the wheel of confusion.

Where does it stop where does it begin?


CHORUS

It's inside, it's outside, it's behind,

It's in front of us and we barely have the time

To know of the connection between the eye and the object.

The hand and the touch.


There is no reasoning which sheds a light on the idea that

We are all, separate from the world.

And here we go digging deeper down into the world of the self.

And soon begin to stop across


CODA

The line in the sand

Past duality.

What's behind that let's take a look see.

Is it making sense according to our story?

What is the story?

That we tell to each other.

What is the story?

That we tell to each other.

What is our story now?

What is our story now?

What is our story now?

What is our story now?

***
OUT OF THE UNDERWORLD

Now, here we stand, at the edge of the universe.

Time, has no meaning here, in the underworld, down deep.

We know, the shadow, the dark spaces.

In the underworld, we confront our fears, and become ourselves.


Becoming whole is the key to being free and thinking

For ourselves, it all comes down to that.

And we don't want our hopes and fears to be manipulated

By the power of the media machine. The

State and corporation, propaganda mind control.

We reject it and we refuse to buy in.

We're gonna start today to build a better world.

For all the unborn generation the people who carry it

On, On, On, On, On, On, On

***
SORT IT OUT

VERSE ONE
Don't believe all I hear on the radio
Don't believe all I see on the TV show
Don't believe all I read in papers and magazines
Don't believe all the lies that they're feeding me

CHORUS
It's time, time to sort it out
Time, time to sort it out

VERSE TWO
Walking down the street feel concrete underneath my feet
Walking down the street each thing itself is each complete
Walking down the street hear cars and birds and people talking
Walking down the street it's me I'm there and I'm just walking

CHORUS
It's time, time to sort it out
Time, time to sort it out

VERSE THREE
Incoming message beaming in bright from my news machine
Incoming message yes I think I know just what you mean
Incoming message think I'll change the channel on my TV set
Incoming message no I'll turn it off that's better yet

CHORUS
It's time, time to sort it out
Time, time to sort it out

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from Over The Line, released December 2, 2020
Written by Brian O'Connell

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Brian O'Connell Massachusetts

Widely known for his inventive and kinetic bass and touch guitar playing with Arukah, Uncle Sammy, Gordon Stone, Gary Backstrom, Dave Brunyak, and Dead Man's Waltz. O'Connell also has a strong compositional approach that is featured in his rock opera and original bands. His most recent solo project is a podcast-rock opera about the Salem Witch Trials called Witch Hunt. www.brianvoconnell.com ... more

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