Universe Building

14 hours ago by @johncrossman

Universe Building

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Liner Notes

#storystory #folk #sortaharmony

Sometimes I say, this is my usual schtick, but this time I mean it. I probably wrote this exact chorus once but if I don't remember, you probably won't either. Thanks for your eartime.

Borrowed some thoughts from some folks:
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
― Graham Greene
Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.
― Jean Luc Godard
Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle.
--Robert Olen Butler, author
Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.
Charles de Lint, writer
If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.
― John Berger, art critic, novelist, painter and poet
Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s rules for writing
5. Start as close to the end as possible.

Lyrics

Every story is a world we’re building
Every highway is a lie that we told
And like all good things, well ev’ry little thing
We’re destined to run out of road

Every friend is a gift we’re given
Even though there’re some we want to give back
If I’m not so good at the outs and the ins
Well it’s only cuz I mostly react

We start close to the end cuz that’s where we are
We begin, and begin again
Look ahead, look back, but don’t get stuck
We keep asking ourselves what’s next

Every action is a word we send out
In a world that’s brimming over with noise
Either gets to you or it gets through
If it helps, you can buy some more toys

When you tell this, try to nail the details
how yearning met obstacle
and how once up on a time, there was what was
Something happened so there’s something to tell

We start close to the end cuz that’s where we are
We begin, and begin again
Look ahead, look back, maybe don’t get far
Keep asking ourselves what’s next

Bridge:
Reality bites and complexity thrives
If the universe cares, I’m surprised
If every event that occurred had a name
Every story would be the same, there’d be no need to tell the tale

Every song is a kind of love song
Said a folksinger I barely new
Every verse is a crisis of conscience
Every chorus, a faith renewed

We’ll start close
Where we are
We begin
Look ahead
What’s next

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