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Rolling Around In Space

by Samm Bennett - Polarity Records

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Original inspiration for this song comes from a piece of art, a lithograph by by MC Escher, entitled Relativity, from 1953.You can see it at this link:

inadvertentlyart.blogspot.com/2010/10/mc-eschers-good-thing.html

lyrics

ROLLING AROUND IN SPACE

one person’s going up
another person’s going down
neither one of them are getting nowhere
just running round the same old town
up and down don’t matter
likewise east or west
directions are just an illusion
want me to explain it I’ll do my best

you see we’re all just rolling around in space
where there ain’t no up or down, no north or south
hey, everything else is just speculation
just only words coming out of your mouth

a staircase seems to go down
but of course the same one goes up
it all depends on which way you’re headed
and by the way let me fill up your cup
now that you got another cup of wine
let me say this to you friend
the words up and down have no meaning
nor the words beginning and end

cause we’re all just rolling around in space
where there ain’t no absolutes, there ain’t no definitions
all that stuff is just in your mind
intellectual pretensions

everybody running here and there
trying to win some kind of a race
but all the while all we’re really doing is
rolling around in space

that's right

so next time somebody says to you
things are either black or white
you can nod your head and agree
and say “yes yes buddy you’re right”
or else you can say to the person
"that’s simplistic binary thought"
tell ‘em to take that idea right on back
to the store where it was bought

cause we’re all just rolling around in space
where none of your fixed ideas mean a thing
hey, none of us could ever really wrap our minds
round the cosmic stuff that’s, oooh, that's happening

that ain’t even a chair you’re sitting in
it’s just a swirling mass of molecules
and all of us who think we've got it all figured out
we’re just a bunch of silly fools

floating round in space
rolling round in space
rolling round in space
all over the place
that's all we're doing
just rolling around
round the same old town
out in outer space
outer space
that's right, don't forget it now
i'm talking to you
i'm telling you true

credits

released September 14, 2021
Samm Bennett: vocal and all instruments
recorded at Polarity Studio, Tokyo, September 2021

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Samm Bennett - Polarity Records Tokyo, Japan

Singer and songwriter, player of unusual string instruments such as 3-string and 1-string guitar, plus jaw harps, mouthbow, electronics and junk, plus all manner of drums and percussion.

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