[Verse 1: Moshe Friedman]
I've been climbing this mountain a couple decades and counting
Searching for that fountain of youth
I've been eagle scouting, blood-hounding my surroundings
Hoping for some ounces of proof
The wind was whistling, and I kept listening
And what I found I now announce from the roof
That to float with clouds, and be on solid ground
Is all that amounts to the truth
I'm a redwood down to my roots
I reach the heavens where I'm sprouting my shoots
And still growing every day because I stay fluid
Storm tries to knock me down, I sway through it
So I stay moving out here on this mountainside
Chest pounding to the sound of my bouncing stride
And as I climb, I'm no longer bound by time
And space, I am the summit and the base
[Pre-Chorus: Rick Fox]
Can you hear me, when I call out your name
I'll sing the tune, you'll do the same
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I wanna fly like the wind
Free-fall like the rain
Sway like the trees
And flicker like the flame
[Verse 2: Moshe Friedman]
Even though it might sound like a paradox
They really fit together like a pair of socks
Don't know if you were aware or not, or if you care or not
Or if you're sleeping like Frere-Jacques
But if the whole world doesn't make you stare in shock
It's time to start flying like an aeronaut
See the big picture, get what's there to be got
Then free-fall like rain so you can share with the crops
The top needs the bottom, bottom needs the top
If you feel complete with one, well you're not
Our job is not to stay a space cadet
Cuz earth is Eden, we just haven't made it yet
And the ones afraid to fly, who play the safer bet
Might find with a new perspective can change the deck
Life my friends is where the two intersect
No rest for the righteous in this world and in the next
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[Bridge 1: Rick Fox]
And one day a week I take my leave
Give myself some space to breathe
Let my thoughts come back to me
Time to hand back the keys
Help let the tension ease
If only for a moment please
So I can feel the summer breeze
The drops of rain that fall so free…
[Bridge 2: Moshe Friedman]
But by daybreak to sit I can't remain
The world's got too much in her to refrain
They're casting lots, I'm entering my name
I've got to be a winner in the game
I laugh at d**h and snicker at the pain
War - what is it good for? Makes you bigger than when you came
No way can my energy be tamed
Because I dance like the flicker of the flame
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