Time Turns Elastic by Phish
In and out of focus
Time turns elastic
And when I'd stayed too long
I went outside and stared
Arms outstretched and long
Moved straight across the sky
If I could wrap my arms around this globe
Hands, touch the green and brown
I'd sink into the cool, cool ground
Seen all, seen all, seen all summer
Seen all, seen all, seen all spring
But I'm a submarine
And the submarine sinks below
The ground
Now that the leaves have turned to gold
The moments all glow
Frozen and free from time
And out here on my own
I watch it ebb and flow
Here, with the fire burning low
In the honey mist that breathes
Crooked maple fingers trembling all around
I feel the winds that blow
Out here between the dark and light
The summer's gone, and the reeds bow down
As the colors change
All along the water line
And when it's time the landslide will free what froze inside
While all around the rocks collide
You finally see the lines
That point toward the light that never dies
Melody, shelter in the darkness
Take hold of me now
Memory, trapped in a corner
Dark fingers are long
But all around streaming down
Rays of blue light, calling out
These silver sounds are raining down on me
Here on the wheel, the rhythm's turning all around
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