Lyrics

Tell me I can be as the first man was
Rising to seize my own life
Rising to seize the life of another
Want you to be as the first man was
Rising to the size of my life
Rising to sing the life of an other

The biggest vision one can have
Is the one you have of yourself
The biggest vision you must have
Is the one you have of yourself

In part laughing
In part letting go
For three days
No place for the neutral
No space for the neutral
No place for the neutral ..yeah

Tell me I can be as the whole man was
Rising to seize my own life
Rising to seize the life of an other
Want you to be as the whole man was
Rising to the size of my life
Rising to seize the life of another

The biggest vision that one can have
Is the one you have of yourself
The biggest vision that you must have
Is the one you have of yourself

In part laughing
In part letting go
For three days
In part laughing
In part letting go
For three days
No place for the neutral
No space for the neutral
No place for the neutral …for three days
There was no space for the neutral
No place for the neutral
No place for the neutral

Synopsis

Jon and Ben worked hard on shaping this track with the fluid sound of the keyboard against the more dancier beat. The number 'three' seems to hold this latent power in religious thought and this comes through in the text with Jonah spending 'three days and night inside the large fish' , before walking for 'three days through the city of Nineveh' to confront the King. Its like everything was in the balance in that fixed time constraint… his own transformation and the future repentance of the city. 'Laughing' does seem to be a great catharsis at times of anxiety…and the 'letting go' is really an echo of the writer Goethe's words 'Happy is the man that recognises the chasm between their wishes and their powers'! Oh… and of course there are the overtones with Christ.